Heathsville, VA
Heathsville, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Heathsville lands at the 43rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 249 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Heathsville at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Heathsville's buildings actually sit
Of Heathsville's 249 counted buildings, 66.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Heathsville against the rest of the country
Heathsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (39th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (43rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Heathsville ranks 17,885 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 414 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Heathsville
Heathsville's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Heathsville's 66.7% 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
Heathsville's 43rd-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 Heathsville, see the exposure-zones guide.