East Highland Park, VA
East Highland Park wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Highland Park lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 6,544 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Highland Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Where East Highland Park's buildings actually sit
Most of East Highland Park's buildings (55.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 6,544 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How East Highland Park compares
East Highland Park scores 32nd nationally and 22nd 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, East Highland Park ranks 21,445 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 533 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
East Highland Park and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, East Highland Park rates moderate 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
East Highland Park's 55.2% 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 East Highland Park's figures come from
East Highland Park's 32nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Highland Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.