Annandale, VA
Annandale, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Annandale's 7,836 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Annandale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Annandale's buildings actually sit
7,836 buildings are counted in Annandale, and 51.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 48.5% rated Minimal. At 7,836 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Annandale against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Annandale's 15th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Annandale ranks 26,770 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 642 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Annandale's low rating (15th 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 Annandale
With 51.5% of Annandale 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 Annandale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Annandale's 26,770-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Annandale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.