Pleasant Grove, MD
How exposed is Pleasant Grove to wildfire?
Pleasant Grove sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 207 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pleasant Grove at the 51st percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
207 buildings are counted in Pleasant Grove, and 86% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Pleasant Grove against the rest of the country
Within Maryland, Pleasant Grove ranks higher (72nd percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Grove ranks 15,157 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,600 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 150 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 86% of Pleasant Grove in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Pleasant Grove's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 207 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasant Grove. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasant Grove's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.