Gratton, VA
Gratton, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gratton sits at the 83rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 611 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gratton at the 86th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
Gratton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Gratton: 83.8% of its 611 buildings, versus 16.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Gratton against the rest of the country
Gratton scores 83rd nationally and 94th 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, Gratton ranks 5,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,688 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 42 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gratton
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Gratton carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Gratton
Gratton's 83.8% 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
Gratton's 83rd-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 Gratton, see the exposure-zones guide.