Belle Haven (Accomack), VA
Belle Haven (Accomack) wildfire risk explained
Belle Haven (Accomack)'s 348 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belle Haven (Accomack) at the 45th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Belle Haven (Accomack)'s buildings actually sit
348 buildings are counted in Belle Haven (Accomack), and 80.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.2% rated Minimal.
Where Belle Haven (Accomack) ranks
Belle Haven (Accomack) scores 46th nationally and 46th 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, Belle Haven (Accomack) ranks 17,098 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,382 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 371 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
At the 46th national percentile, Belle Haven (Accomack) rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Belle Haven (Accomack)'s 80.8% 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.
Where Belle Haven (Accomack)'s figures come from
Belle Haven (Accomack)'s 46th-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 Belle Haven (Accomack)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.