Alexandria, VA
Alexandria wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alexandria lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 27,537 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexandria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Alexandria's buildings actually sit
Alexandria rates 92.1% Minimal exposure against just 7.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 27,537 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 27,537 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Alexandria compares
Alexandria's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexandria ranks 24,944 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 445 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 603 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Alexandria and the insurance market
Alexandria's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Alexandria
Alexandria's 92.1% 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 Alexandria's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 27,537 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alexandria. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alexandria's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.