Pecktonville, MD
How exposed is Pecktonville to wildfire?
Pecktonville's 121 buildings earn a 53rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pecktonville at the 53rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Pecktonville's 121 counted buildings, 98.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Pecktonville against the rest of the country
Compare Pecktonville's two percentiles: 74th within Maryland, only 53rd nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pecktonville ranks 14,685 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,109 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 140 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 53rd national percentile, Pecktonville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Pecktonville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pecktonville (98.4%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 121 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pecktonville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pecktonville, see the exposure-zones guide.