Hollins, VA
How exposed is Hollins to wildfire?
Hollins sits at the 64th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,049 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hollins's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Hollins's building exposure, zone by zone
55.9% of Hollins's 6,049 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 6,049 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Hollins against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hollins's 64th national percentile and its 74th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hollins ranks 11,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,859 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 177 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Hollins and the insurance market
At the 64th percentile nationally, Hollins 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Hollins's 55.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,049 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hollins. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hollins, see the exposure-zones guide.