New Windsor, MD
How exposed is New Windsor to wildfire?
New Windsor's 657 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Windsor at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.5% of New Windsor's 657 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where New Windsor ranks
New Windsor scores 7th nationally and 1st within Maryland — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Windsor ranks 29,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,103 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 523 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Windsor
At the 7th national percentile, New Windsor rates low 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
Because 65.5% of New Windsor's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 657 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Windsor. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Windsor, see the exposure-zones guide.