Glasgow, VA
Glasgow wildfire risk explained
Glasgow's 609 buildings earn a 75th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glasgow's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Glasgow's buildings (72.9%) 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.
How Glasgow compares
Glasgow scores 75th nationally and 89th 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, Glasgow ranks 7,928 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,710 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 77 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Glasgow and the insurance market
Glasgow's high rating (75th 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 Glasgow
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glasgow (72.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Glasgow's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glasgow, see the exposure-zones guide.