Branchville, VA
Branchville, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Branchville lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 98 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Branchville at the 51st percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Where Branchville's buildings actually sit
91.8% of Branchville's 98 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 90 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 8.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Branchville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Branchville's 52nd national percentile and its 56th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Branchville ranks 15,272 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,154 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 303 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Branchville and the insurance market
Branchville's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Branchville's 91.8% 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 Branchville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Branchville's 15,272-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Branchville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.