Fairview Beach, VA
Fairview Beach, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fairview Beach sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 402 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fairview Beach at the 44th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Fairview Beach's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Fairview Beach's buildings (75.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Fairview Beach against the rest of the country
Fairview Beach scores 45th nationally and 43rd 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, Fairview Beach ranks 17,475 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,175 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 392 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairview Beach
Fairview Beach's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fairview Beach (75.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Fairview Beach's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fairview Beach's 17,475-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fairview Beach's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.