Orange, VA
Orange, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Orange at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,775 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Orange at the 42nd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Orange's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 66% of Orange's 1,775 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Orange ranks
Orange's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (41st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orange ranks 18,612 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,139 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 444 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orange
Orange's elevated rating (41st 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
Because 66% of Orange'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 Orange's figures come from
Orange's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Orange's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.