Mappsville, VA
Mappsville wildfire risk explained
Mappsville's 220 buildings earn a 50th-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 Mappsville at the 49th percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Mappsville's building exposure, zone by zone
220 buildings are counted in Mappsville, and 67.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Mappsville ranks
There's little gap between Mappsville's 50th national percentile and its 53rd percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mappsville ranks 15,870 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 324 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Mappsville and the insurance market
Mappsville's elevated rating (50th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Mappsville's 67.7% 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.
Where Mappsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 220 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mappsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mappsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.