Scaggsville, MD
Scaggsville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Scaggsville's 2,744 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Scaggsville at the 16th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Where Scaggsville's buildings actually sit
63.2% of Scaggsville's 2,744 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,735 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 27.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 9.4% are Minimal.
Where Scaggsville ranks
Scaggsville scores 17th nationally and 20th 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, Scaggsville ranks 26,033 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,860 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 423 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Scaggsville
Scaggsville's low rating (17th 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
Scaggsville's 63.2% 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 Scaggsville's figures come from
Scaggsville's 17th-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 Scaggsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.