Newington, VA
Newington, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Newington sits at the 26th 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 2,695 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newington at the 26th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 29.9% of Newington's 2,695 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 69.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Newington ranks
Newington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (16th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newington ranks 23,276 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,938 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 570 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Newington and the insurance market
Newington's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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.
Hardening a home in Newington
Even with 69.7% of Newington outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,695 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newington. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Newington, see the exposure-zones guide.