Kings Park, VA
Kings Park, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kings Park sits at the 18th 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 1,241 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kings Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where Kings Park's buildings actually sit
55% of Kings Park's 1,241 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 682 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 45% are Minimal.
Kings Park against the rest of the country
Kings Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kings Park ranks 25,796 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,405 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 620 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 18th national percentile, Kings Park rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Kings Park
Kings Park's 55% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kings Park's 25,796-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kings Park, see the exposure-zones guide.