Mitchellville, MD
How exposed is Mitchellville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mitchellville at the 29th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 3,827 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 Mitchellville at the 29th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Where Mitchellville's buildings actually sit
3,827 buildings are counted in Mitchellville, and 37.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 27.7% rated Minimal.
Mitchellville against the rest of the country
Within Maryland, Mitchellville ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (29th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mitchellville ranks 22,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,401 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 288 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mitchellville
Mitchellville's moderate wildfire rating (29th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mitchellville (37.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,827 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mitchellville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mitchellville, see the exposure-zones guide.