Woodlawn (Fairfax), VA
Woodlawn (Fairfax) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Woodlawn (Fairfax) at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,495 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s buildings actually sit
2,495 buildings are counted in Woodlawn (Fairfax), and 78.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Woodlawn (Fairfax) compares
There's little gap between Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s 28th national percentile and its 18th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodlawn (Fairfax) ranks 22,802 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,304 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 561 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
Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s moderate wildfire rating (28th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s 78.7% 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
Woodlawn (Fairfax)'s 28th-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 Woodlawn (Fairfax), see the exposure-zones guide.