Millington, MD
How exposed is Millington to wildfire?
USFS scores Millington at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 305 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Millington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Where Millington's buildings actually sit
Most of Millington's buildings (69.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Millington against the rest of the country
Millington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (36th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Millington ranks 23,484 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 339 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
At the 26th national percentile, Millington rates moderate 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
Millington's 69.8% 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
Millington's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Millington, see the exposure-zones guide.