Little Orleans, MD
How exposed is Little Orleans to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Little Orleans at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 95 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Little Orleans at the 55th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Little Orleans's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Little Orleans's 95 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Little Orleans compares
Within Maryland, Little Orleans ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little Orleans ranks 13,581 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,267 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 105 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Little Orleans
At the 57th national percentile, Little Orleans rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Little Orleans's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Little Orleans's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 95 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Little Orleans. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Orleans's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.