Perryman, MD
How exposed is Perryman to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Perryman lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,237 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perryman's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Perryman: 64.3% of its 1,237 buildings, versus 24.2% Indirect and 11.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Perryman ranks
Compare Perryman's two percentiles: 43rd within Maryland, only 28th nationally — a gap of 15 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perryman ranks 22,623 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,428 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 300 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Perryman and the insurance market
Perryman's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Perryman
Perryman's 64.3% 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 Perryman's figures come from
Perryman's 28th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perryman's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.