Mount Jackson, VA
How exposed is Mount Jackson to wildfire?
Mount Jackson's 1,199 buildings earn a 58th-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 Mount Jackson at the 59th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Mount Jackson's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Mount Jackson (77.7% of 1,199 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 22.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Mount Jackson against the rest of the country
Mount Jackson scores 58th nationally and 64th 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, Mount Jackson ranks 13,381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 248 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Mount Jackson and the insurance market
At the 58th national percentile, Mount Jackson rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Mount Jackson
Because 77.7% of Mount Jackson's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,199 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Jackson. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mount Jackson, see the exposure-zones guide.