Broadway, VA
How exposed is Broadway to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Broadway at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,708 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Broadway at the 61st percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,708 buildings are counted in Broadway, and 67.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Broadway against the rest of the country
Broadway's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (58th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broadway ranks 13,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,394 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 240 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
Broadway's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Broadway (67.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Broadway's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Broadway's 13,159-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broadway's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.