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Counties With the Lowest Wildfire Risk in Virginia (2026)

Charlottesville has the lowest wildfire risk of any county in Virginia, at 11.5, followed by Alexandria and Arlington (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Virginia

Top 25 of 133 counties with data.

Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Virginia
RankCountyValue
1Charlottesville11.5
2Alexandria21.1
3Arlington22.7
4Falls Church25.6
5Covington28.6
6Manassas30.4
7Manassas Park30.8
8Martinsville31.4
9Fairfax31.5
10Bristol32.3
11Roanoke32.6
12Richmond32.7
13Prince William33.9
14Lynchburg34.8
15Loudoun36.0
16Colonial Heights38.2
17Salem38.3
18Fairfax39.0
19Norfolk39.9
20Winchester40.9
21Harrisonburg42.9
22Portsmouth43.4
23Waynesboro43.8
24Henrico44.3
25Franklin44.4

How this ranking works

This page ranks Virginia counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.

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