Dendron, VA
Dendron, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Dendron at the 50th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 290 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dendron at the 49th percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
290 buildings are counted in Dendron, and 76.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Dendron ranks
There's little gap between Dendron's 50th national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dendron ranks 15,868 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 322 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
Dendron's elevated rating (50th 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
Dendron's 76.6% 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 Dendron's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 290 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dendron. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dendron's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.