Mount Vernon, VA
Mount Vernon, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Vernon lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 4,531 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mount Vernon at the 30th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Mount Vernon's building exposure, zone by zone
49.8% of Mount Vernon's 4,531 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,258 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 27.4% are Minimal.
Mount Vernon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Mount Vernon's 30th national percentile and its 20th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Vernon ranks 22,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,770 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 547 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 30th national percentile, Mount Vernon rates moderate 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 Mount Vernon
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mount Vernon (49.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Vernon's 22,014-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mount Vernon, see the exposure-zones guide.