Central Garage, VA
Central Garage, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Central Garage at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 870 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Central Garage's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
Central Garage's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Central Garage: 86.4% of its 870 buildings, versus 13.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Central Garage compares
Central Garage scores 42nd nationally and 38th within Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Central Garage ranks 18,201 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 425 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Central Garage
At the 42nd national percentile, Central Garage rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Central Garage's 86.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Central Garage's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 870 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Central Garage. The exposure-zones guide covers what Central Garage's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.