Clinchport, VA
Clinchport wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Clinchport at the 82nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 61 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinchport at the 85th percentile, close to its 82nd-percentile risk score.
Clinchport's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Clinchport's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 61 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Clinchport against the rest of the country
Clinchport scores 82nd nationally and 93rd 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, Clinchport ranks 5,657 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,639 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 47 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
Clinchport's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Clinchport's 100% 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.
More on how this number was built
Clinchport's 82nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clinchport, see the exposure-zones guide.