Aquia Harbour, VA
Aquia Harbour, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Aquia Harbour at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,377 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Aquia Harbour's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where Aquia Harbour's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 74.6% of Aquia Harbour's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 25.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,772 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Aquia Harbour against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Aquia Harbour's 39th national percentile and its 31st percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aquia Harbour ranks 19,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,555 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 469 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aquia Harbour
At the 39th national percentile, Aquia Harbour rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Aquia Harbour
Aquia Harbour's 74.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Aquia Harbour's 39th-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 Aquia Harbour, see the exposure-zones guide.