Idylwood, VA
How exposed is Idylwood to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Idylwood at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,547 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Idylwood at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Idylwood's building exposure, zone by zone
55.9% of Idylwood's 2,547 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 44.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Idylwood ranks
Idylwood scores 9th nationally and 1st 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, Idylwood ranks 28,667 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,209 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 674 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Idylwood and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Idylwood 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
Even with 55.9% of Idylwood 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
Idylwood's 9th-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 Idylwood, see the exposure-zones guide.