Woodlake, VA
Woodlake, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Woodlake's 2,513 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodlake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73.1% of Woodlake's 2,513 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,837 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 4.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 22% are Minimal.
How Woodlake compares
Woodlake scores 20th nationally and 11th 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, Woodlake ranks 25,101 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 606 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Woodlake and the insurance market
Woodlake's moderate rating (20th 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 Direct exposure dominates in Woodlake (73.1%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,513 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodlake. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woodlake, see the exposure-zones guide.