Broadlands, VA
How exposed is Broadlands to wildfire?
Broadlands's 2,729 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Broadlands at the 13th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Broadlands's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 60.3% of Broadlands's 2,729 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 12.2% Direct and 27.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Broadlands compares
There's little gap between Broadlands's 14th national percentile and its 5th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broadlands ranks 27,088 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,884 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 648 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Broadlands
At the 14th national percentile, Broadlands rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 60.3% of Broadlands's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Broadlands's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Broadlands's 27,088-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broadlands's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.