Linton Hall, VA
How exposed is Linton Hall to wildfire?
Linton Hall sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 10,328 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Linton Hall at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Linton Hall's buildings actually sit
Most of Linton Hall's buildings (53.8% of 10,328) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 10,328 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Linton Hall against the rest of the country
Linton Hall's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (8th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linton Hall ranks 26,081 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,546 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 628 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
Linton Hall's low wildfire rating (17th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Linton Hall gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,328 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Linton Hall. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Linton Hall, see the exposure-zones guide.