Woodburn, VA
Woodburn wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodburn at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,844 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 Woodburn at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
Where Woodburn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 65.7% of Woodburn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 34.3% Minimal share — a profile where 1,212 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Woodburn ranks
Woodburn scores 18th nationally and 8th 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, Woodburn ranks 25,953 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,930 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 625 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Woodburn's low rating (18th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Woodburn (65.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Woodburn's 25,953-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodburn, see the exposure-zones guide.