Newington Forest, VA
How exposed is Newington Forest to wildfire?
USFS scores Newington Forest at the 20th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,623 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newington Forest at the 20th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
50.3% of Newington Forest's 2,623 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,320 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 49.7% are Minimal.
How Newington Forest compares
Newington Forest scores 20th nationally and 10th 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, Newington Forest ranks 25,384 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,062 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 612 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newington Forest
Newington Forest's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Newington Forest's 50.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,623 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newington Forest. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newington Forest, see the exposure-zones guide.