Reid, MD
How exposed is Reid to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Reid lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 49 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Reid at the 13th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Reid's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Reid's 49 counted buildings, 98% carry Direct exposure and only 2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Reid compares
Reid scores 12th nationally and 9th within Maryland — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reid ranks 27,701 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 481 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
Reid's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98% of Reid 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 Reid's figures come from
Reid's 12th-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 Reid's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.