Hopewell, VA
Hopewell, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hopewell sits at the 40th 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 10,459 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hopewell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
Hopewell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 77.7% of Hopewell's 10,459 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 14.4% Direct and 8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 10,459 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Hopewell against the rest of the country
Hopewell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (33rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (40th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopewell ranks 18,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,522 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 454 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hopewell
Hopewell's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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
Because 77.7% of Hopewell's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Hopewell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hopewell's 18,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hopewell's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.