Claremont, VA
Claremont, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Claremont lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 465 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 Claremont at the 45th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Claremont's building exposure, zone by zone
93.1% of Claremont's 465 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 433 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 3.9% are Minimal.
How Claremont compares
There's little gap between Claremont's 45th national percentile and its 44th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Claremont ranks 17,320 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 384 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Claremont
Claremont's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Claremont
Claremont's 93.1% 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 Claremont's figures come from
Claremont's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claremont's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.