Nanticoke Acres, MD
Nanticoke Acres wildfire risk explained
Nanticoke Acres sits at the 98th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 82 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nanticoke Acres at the 97th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Nanticoke Acres's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Nanticoke Acres: 50% of its 82 buildings, versus 34.2% Indirect and 15.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Nanticoke Acres ranks
There's little gap between Nanticoke Acres's 98th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nanticoke Acres ranks 788 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 6 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Nanticoke Acres and the insurance market
Nanticoke Acres's very high rating (98th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Nanticoke Acres
Because Direct exposure dominates in Nanticoke Acres (50%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Nanticoke Acres's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nanticoke Acres's 788-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nanticoke Acres's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.