Allisonia, VA
Allisonia, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Allisonia at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 149 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Allisonia at the 67th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
149 buildings are counted in Allisonia, and 99.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Allisonia against the rest of the country
Allisonia scores 65th nationally and 76th 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, Allisonia ranks 11,043 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,933 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 164 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Allisonia
Allisonia's 65th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Allisonia (99.3%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Allisonia. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Allisonia, see the exposure-zones guide.