Craigsville, VA
How exposed is Craigsville to wildfire?
Craigsville sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 640 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Craigsville at the 72nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Craigsville's buildings actually sit
640 buildings are counted in Craigsville, and 54.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Craigsville ranks
There's little gap between Craigsville's 74th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Craigsville ranks 8,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 82 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
Craigsville's 74th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Craigsville
With 54.2% of Craigsville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Craigsville's figures come from
Craigsville's 74th-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 Craigsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.