County Center, VA
County Center, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, County Center lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 607 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts County Center at the 30th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
County Center's building exposure, zone by zone
51.6% of County Center's 607 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 313 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 48.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
County Center against the rest of the country
County Center's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (19th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (30th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, County Center ranks 22,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,740 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 549 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
County Center's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 51.6% of County Center 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.
Where County Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind County Center's 22,110-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what County Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.