Gretna, VA
Gretna, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gretna's 841 buildings earn a 47th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gretna at the 49th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
Where Gretna's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Gretna (62.5% of 841 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 37.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Gretna against the rest of the country
Gretna scores 47th nationally and 47th 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, Gretna ranks 16,688 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 358 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Gretna and the insurance market
Gretna's elevated wildfire rating (47th 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 Gretna
Gretna's 62.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Gretna's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Gretna's 16,688-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gretna's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.