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King and Queen Court House, VA

King and Queen Court House wildfire risk explained

Elevated
44thpercentile nationally

King and Queen Court House's 93 buildings earn a 44th-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 King and Queen Court House at the 44th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.

King and Queen Court House's building exposure, zone by zone

93Total buildings
87.1%Direct exposure
11.8%Indirect exposure
1.1%Minimal exposure

Direct exposure dominates in King and Queen Court House: 87.1% of its 93 buildings, versus 11.8% Indirect and 1.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.

Where King and Queen Court House ranks

King and Queen Court House scores 44th nationally and 41st 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, King and Queen Court House ranks 17,664 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,379 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 404 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

At the 44th national percentile, King and Queen Court House 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 King and Queen Court House

King and Queen Court House's 87.1% 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.

More on how this number was built

Every one of the two percentiles behind King and Queen Court House's 17,664-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond King and Queen Court House, see the exposure-zones guide.