Rockville, MD
Rockville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rockville lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 13,910 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rockville at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Where Rockville's buildings actually sit
Most of Rockville's buildings (37.4% of 13,910) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 13,910 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Rockville ranks
Rockville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockville ranks 27,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,081 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 493 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockville
Rockville's low rating (11th 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
Rockville's 37.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Rockville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockville's 27,985-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.