Crewe, VA
Crewe, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Crewe at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,284 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crewe at the 40th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Crewe's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Crewe (73.1% of 1,284 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 26.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Crewe against the rest of the country
Crewe scores 39th nationally and 31st 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, Crewe ranks 19,304 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,172 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 473 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Crewe and the insurance market
Crewe's moderate rating (39th 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 Crewe
Because 73.1% of Crewe'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.
Where Crewe's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Crewe's 19,304-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crewe's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.