Kingstowne, VA
Kingstowne wildfire risk explained
Kingstowne sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,956 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kingstowne at the 29th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,956 buildings are counted in Kingstowne, and 57.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16% in Direct exposure or the 26.8% rated Minimal.
Where Kingstowne ranks
Kingstowne scores 29th nationally and 19th 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, Kingstowne ranks 22,422 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,603 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 553 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Kingstowne and the insurance market
Kingstowne's moderate wildfire rating (29th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 57.2% of Kingstowne's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Kingstowne's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,956 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kingstowne. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kingstowne's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.