George Mason, VA
How exposed is George Mason to wildfire?
USFS scores George Mason at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,778 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts George Mason at the 21st percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
Where George Mason's buildings actually sit
58.4% of George Mason's 1,778 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 41.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How George Mason compares
There's little gap between George Mason's 21st national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, George Mason ranks 24,977 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 604 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in George Mason
George Mason's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 58.4% of George Mason 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
George Mason's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond George Mason, see the exposure-zones guide.