Baskerville, VA
Baskerville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Baskerville at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 137 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Baskerville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Where Baskerville's buildings actually sit
Of Baskerville's 137 counted buildings, 91.2% 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.
Where Baskerville ranks
Baskerville scores 37th nationally and 28th 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, Baskerville ranks 19,837 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,422 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 491 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Baskerville's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 91.2% of Baskerville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Baskerville's figures come from
Baskerville's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baskerville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.