Quantico, MD
Quantico wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Quantico at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 93 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Quantico at the 88th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Quantico's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Quantico: 80.7% of its 93 buildings, versus 19.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Quantico against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Quantico's 87th national percentile and its 97th percentile inside Maryland, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quantico ranks 4,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,354 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 18 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 87th percentile nationally, Quantico carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Quantico
Because Direct exposure dominates in Quantico (80.7%), 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
Quantico's 87th-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 Quantico, see the exposure-zones guide.