Countryside, VA
Countryside, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Countryside at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,909 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Countryside at the 13th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Countryside (70.8% of 1,909 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 27.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Countryside ranks
Countryside scores 13th nationally and 4th 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, Countryside ranks 27,374 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,741 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 652 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Countryside
At the 13th national percentile, Countryside rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Countryside
Countryside's 70.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Countryside's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Countryside's 27,374-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Countryside's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.