Parole, MD
How exposed is Parole to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Parole lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,100 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parole at the 34th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Parole's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.1% of Parole's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 34.5% Indirect share and far above its 6.4% Minimal share — a profile where 3,014 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. At 5,100 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Parole ranks
Within Maryland, Parole ranks higher (52nd percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parole ranks 20,701 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,380 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 253 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parole
Parole's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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.
Hardening a home in Parole
Because Direct exposure dominates in Parole (59.1%), 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
Parole's 34th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Parole, see the exposure-zones guide.