Keswick, VA
Keswick wildfire risk explained
Keswick's 258 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average 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 Keswick at the 54th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
95.7% of Keswick's 258 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 247 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 4.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Keswick compares
There's little gap between Keswick's 53rd national percentile and its 58th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keswick ranks 14,858 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 288 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Keswick and the insurance market
At the 53rd national percentile, Keswick rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Keswick
With 95.7% of Keswick in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Keswick's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Keswick's 14,858-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Keswick's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.