Allison Gap, VA
Allison Gap, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Allison Gap sits at the 79th 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 484 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Allison Gap at the 80th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Allison Gap's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Allison Gap's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 484 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Allison Gap against the rest of the country
Allison Gap's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (79th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Allison Gap ranks 6,762 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,640 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 57 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Allison Gap and the insurance market
Allison Gap's 79th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Allison Gap's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Allison Gap's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 484 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Allison Gap. The exposure-zones guide covers what Allison Gap's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.