Bowling Green, VA
Bowling Green wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bowling Green at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 637 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 Bowling Green at the 41st percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Bowling Green's buildings actually sit
50.9% of Bowling Green's 637 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Bowling Green compares
Bowling Green scores 42nd nationally and 37th 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, Bowling Green ranks 18,421 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,388 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 430 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bowling Green
At the 42nd national percentile, Bowling Green 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bowling Green (50.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 637 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bowling Green. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bowling Green, see the exposure-zones guide.