Hybla Valley, VA
How exposed is Hybla Valley to wildfire?
USFS scores Hybla Valley at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,479 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hybla Valley at the 26th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Hybla Valley's buildings (74.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Hybla Valley compares
Hybla Valley scores 26th nationally and 16th within Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hybla Valley ranks 23,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,343 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 574 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Hybla Valley's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hybla Valley's 74.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hybla Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,479 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hybla Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hybla Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.