Madison Heights, VA
Madison Heights, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Madison Heights at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,807 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Madison Heights at the 50th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Madison Heights's buildings actually sit
Of Madison Heights's 5,807 counted buildings, 65.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. At 5,807 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Madison Heights ranks
Madison Heights's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (50th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Madison Heights ranks 16,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,972 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 339 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Madison Heights and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Madison Heights rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.7% of Madison Heights 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 Madison Heights's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,807 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Madison Heights. The exposure-zones guide covers what Madison Heights's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.