Augusta Springs, VA
Augusta Springs wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Augusta Springs at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 212 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Augusta Springs at the 69th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Augusta Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
212 buildings are counted in Augusta Springs, and 97.2% 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.
How Augusta Springs compares
There's little gap between Augusta Springs's 71st national percentile and its 84th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Augusta Springs ranks 9,283 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,421 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 111 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Augusta Springs and the insurance market
Augusta Springs's high rating (71st 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.
Hardening a home in Augusta Springs
Because Direct exposure dominates in Augusta Springs (97.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Augusta Springs's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 212 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Augusta Springs. The exposure-zones guide covers what Augusta Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.