Parsonsburg, MD
How exposed is Parsonsburg to wildfire?
Parsonsburg sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 271 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Parsonsburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Parsonsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 65.7% of Parsonsburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 34.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 178 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Parsonsburg against the rest of the country
Parsonsburg's 93rd-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 71st 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, Parsonsburg ranks 9,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,473 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 38 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parsonsburg
Parsonsburg's 71st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Parsonsburg
Parsonsburg's 65.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Parsonsburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 271 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Parsonsburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parsonsburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.