Mount Briar, MD
Mount Briar wildfire risk explained
Mount Briar sits at the 57th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 112 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Briar at the 57th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mount Briar's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Mount Briar's 112 counted buildings, 100% 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.
How Mount Briar compares
Mount Briar's 81st-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 57th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Briar ranks 13,464 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,540 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 102 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Briar
At the 57th national percentile, Mount Briar rates elevated 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
With 100% of Mount Briar 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Briar's 13,464-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mount Briar, see the exposure-zones guide.