Fort Belvoir, VA
Fort Belvoir wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fort Belvoir at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,494 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Belvoir at the 32nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fort Belvoir's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Fort Belvoir's buildings (44.2% of 2,494) 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.
Where Fort Belvoir ranks
Fort Belvoir scores 33rd nationally and 23rd 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, Fort Belvoir ranks 21,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 524 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
Fort Belvoir's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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 Fort Belvoir
Even with 44.2% of Fort Belvoir 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.
Where Fort Belvoir's figures come from
Fort Belvoir's 33rd-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 Fort Belvoir's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.