Afton, VA
Afton, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Afton sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 240 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Afton at the 64th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Afton's buildings actually sit
Of Afton's 240 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Afton compares
Afton scores 66th nationally and 78th 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, Afton ranks 10,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,487 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 149 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Afton
At the 66th percentile nationally, Afton carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Afton (100%), 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
Afton's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Afton, see the exposure-zones guide.