Glen Lyn, VA
How exposed is Glen Lyn to wildfire?
Glen Lyn sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 90 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glen Lyn at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Glen Lyn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66.7% of Glen Lyn's 90 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Glen Lyn ranks
There's little gap between Glen Lyn's 61st national percentile and its 69th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Lyn ranks 12,182 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,516 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 215 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Glen Lyn and the insurance market
Glen Lyn's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Glen Lyn
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glen Lyn (66.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 90 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glen Lyn. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glen Lyn, see the exposure-zones guide.