Warsaw, VA
How exposed is Warsaw to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Warsaw at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 782 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Warsaw's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Warsaw's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Warsaw (55.2% of 782 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 44.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Warsaw ranks
There's little gap between Warsaw's 36th national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Warsaw ranks 20,251 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,800 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 508 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Warsaw
Warsaw'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.
Hardening a home in Warsaw
Warsaw's 55.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Warsaw's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Warsaw, see the exposure-zones guide.