Fairlawn, VA
How exposed is Fairlawn to wildfire?
Fairlawn sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,289 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fairlawn at the 58th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fairlawn's buildings actually sit
71.3% of Fairlawn's 1,289 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Fairlawn against the rest of the country
Fairlawn scores 56th nationally and 61st 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, Fairlawn ranks 13,978 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,137 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 266 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
Fairlawn's elevated wildfire rating (56th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Fairlawn
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fairlawn (71.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fairlawn's 13,978-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fairlawn, see the exposure-zones guide.