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Farmville, VA

Farmville wildfire risk explained

Moderate
39thpercentile nationally

Farmville's 2,794 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Farmville at the 40th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.

Where Farmville's buildings actually sit

2,794Total buildings
39.1%Direct exposure
61%Indirect exposure
0%Minimal exposure

Most of Farmville's buildings (61%) 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.

Farmville against the rest of the country

Farmville scores 39th nationally and 30th 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, Farmville ranks 19,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 477 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.

Shopping for coverage in Farmville

At the 39th national percentile, Farmville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.

Hardening a home in Farmville

Farmville's 61% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.

Where Farmville's figures come from

Every one of the two percentiles behind Farmville's 19,367-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Farmville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.