Hampton, VA
Hampton, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hampton at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 57,882 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hampton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Hampton's buildings actually sit
Hampton rates 82.9% Minimal exposure against just 17.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 57,882 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 57,882 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Hampton ranks
Hampton scores 54th nationally and 59th 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, Hampton ranks 14,576 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 139 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 277 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Hampton and the insurance market
Hampton's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Hampton
Even with 82.9% of Hampton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 57,882 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hampton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hampton, see the exposure-zones guide.