Greenbackville, VA
Greenbackville, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Greenbackville at the 65th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 205 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Greenbackville at the 60th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
54.2% of Greenbackville's 205 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 111 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 1% are Minimal.
How Greenbackville compares
Greenbackville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (65th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenbackville ranks 11,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 169 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Greenbackville and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Greenbackville carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 54.2% of Greenbackville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 205 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Greenbackville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Greenbackville, see the exposure-zones guide.