Wilson-Conococheague, MD
How exposed is Wilson-Conococheague to wildfire?
Wilson-Conococheague sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,227 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 Wilson-Conococheague at the 32nd percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Where Wilson-Conococheague's buildings actually sit
Of Wilson-Conococheague's 1,227 counted buildings, 61.8% carry Direct exposure and only 12.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Wilson-Conococheague against the rest of the country
Compare Wilson-Conococheague's two percentiles: 47th within Maryland, only 31st nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilson-Conococheague ranks 21,901 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 280 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Wilson-Conococheague and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Wilson-Conococheague rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Wilson-Conococheague (61.8%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,227 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wilson-Conococheague. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wilson-Conococheague, see the exposure-zones guide.