Buckhall, VA
How exposed is Buckhall to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Buckhall at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 6,991 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Buckhall at the 31st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Buckhall's buildings actually sit
65% of Buckhall's 6,991 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 4,543 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal. At 6,991 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Buckhall ranks
Buckhall scores 31st nationally and 20th 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, Buckhall ranks 21,920 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,470 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 543 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
Buckhall's moderate wildfire rating (31st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Buckhall's 65% 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 Buckhall's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,991 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buckhall. The exposure-zones guide covers what Buckhall's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.