Bastian, VA
How exposed is Bastian to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bastian at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 330 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bastian at the 77th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Bastian: 85.2% of its 330 buildings, versus 14.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Bastian against the rest of the country
Bastian's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (76th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bastian ranks 7,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,835 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 72 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Bastian and the insurance market
Bastian's 76th-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.
Hardening a home in Bastian
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bastian (85.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bastian's figures come from
Bastian's 76th-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 Bastian's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.