Capron, VA
How exposed is Capron to wildfire?
Capron sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 141 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Capron at the 47th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Capron's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 78% of Capron's 141 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 22% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Capron compares
There's little gap between Capron's 47th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Capron ranks 16,783 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,272 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 362 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Capron
Capron's elevated wildfire rating (47th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 78% of Capron's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 141 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Capron. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Capron, see the exposure-zones guide.