Hudson Crossroads, VA
Hudson Crossroads, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hudson Crossroads's 28 buildings earn a 67th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hudson Crossroads at the 68th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Hudson Crossroads's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 28 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Hudson Crossroads against the rest of the country
Hudson Crossroads's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (67th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hudson Crossroads ranks 10,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,387 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 143 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Hudson Crossroads and the insurance market
Hudson Crossroads's 67th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hudson Crossroads's 100% 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 Hudson Crossroads's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 28 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hudson Crossroads. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hudson Crossroads's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.