Chase City, VA
Chase City wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Chase City at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,488 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 Chase City at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Chase City's buildings actually sit
1,488 buildings are counted in Chase City, and 52.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 47.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Chase City ranks
Chase City scores 43rd nationally and 39th 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, Chase City ranks 17,947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,219 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 419 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
Chase City's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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.
Hardening a home in Chase City
Chase City's 52.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,488 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Chase City. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Chase City, see the exposure-zones guide.