Greenbriar, VA
How exposed is Greenbriar to wildfire?
Greenbriar's 2,125 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Greenbriar at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 91.5% of Greenbriar's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 8.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Greenbriar ranks
Greenbriar scores 12th nationally and 3rd 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, Greenbriar ranks 27,718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,132 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 660 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Greenbriar and the insurance market
Greenbriar's low wildfire rating (12th 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 Greenbriar
Even with 91.5% of Greenbriar 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 Greenbriar's figures come from
Greenbriar's 12th-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 Greenbriar's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.