Brodnax, VA
Brodnax, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Brodnax at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 234 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brodnax's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Where Brodnax's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 50.8% of Brodnax's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 119 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Brodnax against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Brodnax's 43rd national percentile and its 39th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brodnax ranks 17,884 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,689 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 413 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Brodnax and the insurance market
Brodnax's elevated wildfire rating (43rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 50.8% of Brodnax 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.
More on how this number was built
Brodnax's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brodnax, see the exposure-zones guide.