Dranesville, VA
How exposed is Dranesville to wildfire?
Dranesville's 3,975 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dranesville at the 12th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dranesville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Dranesville's buildings (62.4% of 3,975) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Dranesville compares
Dranesville 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, Dranesville ranks 27,530 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,271 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 657 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Dranesville and the insurance market
At the 13th national percentile, Dranesville rates low 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
Dranesville's 62.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Dranesville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,975 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dranesville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dranesville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.