Mapleville, MD
Mapleville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mapleville lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 152 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mapleville at the 59th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Mapleville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Mapleville: 99.3% of its 152 buildings, versus 0.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Mapleville ranks
Compare Mapleville's two percentiles: 88th within Maryland, only 62nd nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mapleville ranks 12,099 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,807 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 64 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Mapleville and the insurance market
Mapleville's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.3% of Mapleville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Mapleville's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mapleville, see the exposure-zones guide.