Meadows of Dan, VA
Meadows of Dan, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Meadows of Dan at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 118 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Meadows of Dan at the 70th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
118 buildings are counted in Meadows of Dan, and 91.5% 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.
Meadows of Dan against the rest of the country
Meadows of Dan scores 69th nationally and 81st 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, Meadows of Dan ranks 9,880 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 132 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
Meadows of Dan's 69th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Meadows of Dan
Because Direct exposure dominates in Meadows of Dan (91.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 118 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meadows of Dan. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Meadows of Dan, see the exposure-zones guide.