Fort Hunt, VA
Fort Hunt wildfire risk explained
Fort Hunt sits at the 29th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,612 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fort Hunt's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
Fort Hunt's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Fort Hunt's buildings (57.4% of 6,612) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 6,612 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Fort Hunt compares
There's little gap between Fort Hunt's 29th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Hunt ranks 22,329 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,621 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 552 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Fort Hunt's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Fort Hunt
With 57.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fort Hunt gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Fort Hunt's figures come from
Fort Hunt's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Hunt's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.