Blairs, VA
Blairs, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Blairs sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 598 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blairs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Blairs's 598 counted buildings, 82.4% 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.
How Blairs compares
Blairs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (38th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blairs ranks 19,554 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,872 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 482 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blairs
At the 38th national percentile, Blairs rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Blairs's 82.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 598 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blairs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blairs, see the exposure-zones guide.