Mason Neck, VA
How exposed is Mason Neck to wildfire?
Mason Neck's 1,217 buildings earn a 41st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mason Neck at the 40th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mason Neck's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Mason Neck: 94.2% of its 1,217 buildings, versus 3.9% Indirect and 1.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Mason Neck compares
There's little gap between Mason Neck's 41st national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mason Neck ranks 18,580 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 442 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Mason Neck and the insurance market
At the 41st national percentile, Mason Neck rates elevated 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
Mason Neck's 94.2% 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.
Where Mason Neck's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mason Neck's 18,580-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mason Neck's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.