Lebanon Church, VA
Lebanon Church, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lebanon Church lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 62 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lebanon Church at the 64th percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Where Lebanon Church's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 95.2% of Lebanon Church's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 4.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 59 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Lebanon Church compares
There's little gap between Lebanon Church's 63rd national percentile and its 72nd percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lebanon Church ranks 11,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,605 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 193 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 63rd percentile nationally, Lebanon Church carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lebanon Church's 95.2% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 62 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lebanon Church. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lebanon Church, see the exposure-zones guide.