Abingdon, VA
Abingdon wildfire risk explained
Abingdon's 4,075 buildings earn a 64th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Abingdon at the 69th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Where Abingdon's buildings actually sit
4,075 buildings are counted in Abingdon, and 70.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Abingdon against the rest of the country
Abingdon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (64th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abingdon ranks 11,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,164 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 172 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Abingdon and the insurance market
Abingdon's high rating (64th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Abingdon's 70.2% 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.
Where Abingdon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Abingdon's 11,266-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Abingdon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.