Burkeville, VA
Burkeville wildfire risk explained
Burkeville's 383 buildings earn a 41st-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 Burkeville at the 42nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Burkeville's buildings (53.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Burkeville ranks
Burkeville scores 41st nationally and 34th 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, Burkeville ranks 18,736 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 451 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Burkeville and the insurance market
Burkeville's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Burkeville (53.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Burkeville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burkeville's 18,736-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Burkeville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.