Flint Hill, VA
Flint Hill wildfire risk explained
Flint Hill sits at the 51st 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 208 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Flint Hill at the 50th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Flint Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Flint Hill's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 208 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Flint Hill compares
There's little gap between Flint Hill's 51st national percentile and its 55th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flint Hill ranks 15,490 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,579 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 308 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Flint Hill and the insurance market
Flint Hill's elevated wildfire rating (51st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Flint Hill (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Flint Hill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Flint Hill's 15,490-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Flint Hill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.