Triangle, VA
Triangle wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Triangle at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,255 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Triangle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Triangle's buildings (51.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Triangle compares
Triangle scores 36th nationally and 26th 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, Triangle ranks 20,187 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,807 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 506 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Triangle
Triangle's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Triangle (51.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Triangle's figures come from
Triangle's 36th-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 Triangle's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.