Myersville, MD
Myersville wildfire risk explained
Myersville's 652 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Myersville at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Myersville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Myersville's buildings (52.6%) 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.
Where Myersville ranks
Within Maryland, Myersville ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (56th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Myersville ranks 13,772 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,174 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 110 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Myersville
Myersville's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Myersville
Myersville's 52.6% 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.
Where Myersville's figures come from
Myersville's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Myersville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.