Haymarket, VA
How exposed is Haymarket to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Haymarket lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 481 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Haymarket's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
72.4% of Haymarket's 481 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Haymarket ranks
There's little gap between Haymarket's 16th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Haymarket ranks 26,520 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,698 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 638 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
At the 16th national percentile, Haymarket rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Haymarket (72.4% 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 481 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Haymarket. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Haymarket, see the exposure-zones guide.