Forestville, VA
How exposed is Forestville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Forestville lands at the 68th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 67 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forestville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Where Forestville's buildings actually sit
Of Forestville's 67 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Forestville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Forestville's 68th national percentile and its 80th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville ranks 10,228 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,406 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 138 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Forestville and the insurance market
Forestville's high rating (68th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Forestville
Forestville's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Forestville's 68th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Forestville, see the exposure-zones guide.