Fishersville, VA
Fishersville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fishersville at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,266 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fishersville at the 56th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fishersville's buildings actually sit
4,266 buildings are counted in Fishersville, and 55.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.1% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
Fishersville against the rest of the country
Fishersville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (60th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fishersville ranks 14,293 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,004 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 273 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Fishersville and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Fishersville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 55.8% of Fishersville'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,266 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fishersville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fishersville, see the exposure-zones guide.