Hanover, VA
Hanover, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hanover sits at the 41st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 247 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 Hanover at the 41st percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
247 buildings are counted in Hanover, and 88.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Hanover compares
There's little gap between Hanover's 41st national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hanover ranks 18,768 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,253 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 453 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Hanover and the insurance market
Hanover's elevated rating (41st 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 Hanover
Hanover's 88.3% 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.
Where Hanover's figures come from
Hanover's 41st-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 Hanover's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.