Maryland City, MD
Maryland City, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maryland City sits at the 32nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,372 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maryland City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Maryland City's building exposure, zone by zone
3,372 buildings are counted in Maryland City, and 59.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.3% in Direct exposure or the 26.2% rated Minimal.
Where Maryland City ranks
Within Maryland, Maryland City ranks higher (49th percentile) than it does nationally (32nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maryland City ranks 21,459 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 268 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Maryland City and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Maryland City rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Maryland City's 59.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Maryland City's 21,459-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Maryland City, see the exposure-zones guide.