Dunn Loring, VA
How exposed is Dunn Loring to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dunn Loring lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,922 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dunn Loring's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 36.9% of Dunn Loring's 2,922 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 63.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Dunn Loring ranks
Dunn Loring scores 11th nationally and 3rd 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, Dunn Loring ranks 28,099 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 663 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunn Loring
At the 11th national percentile, Dunn Loring rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 63.1% of Dunn Loring outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dunn Loring's 28,099-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dunn Loring, see the exposure-zones guide.