Innovation, VA
How exposed is Innovation to wildfire?
Innovation sits at the 11th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 315 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Innovation at the 11th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
74% of Innovation's 315 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 26% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Innovation ranks
Innovation scores 11th nationally and 2nd 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, Innovation ranks 28,160 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 668 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Innovation
Innovation's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 74% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Innovation gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Innovation's 11th-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 Innovation, see the exposure-zones guide.