Marlboro Meadows, MD
Marlboro Meadows wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marlboro Meadows at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,496 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marlboro Meadows at the 41st percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Marlboro Meadows's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Marlboro Meadows's 1,496 counted buildings, 76.8% 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.
Where Marlboro Meadows ranks
Within Maryland, Marlboro Meadows ranks higher (60th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marlboro Meadows ranks 18,431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 213 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Marlboro Meadows's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76.8% of Marlboro Meadows 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.
Where Marlboro Meadows's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,496 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marlboro Meadows. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marlboro Meadows's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.