New Baltimore, VA
New Baltimore, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Baltimore lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 4,395 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Baltimore at the 31st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Baltimore's building exposure, zone by zone
Of New Baltimore's 4,395 counted buildings, 84.4% 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.
New Baltimore against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Baltimore's 32nd national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Baltimore ranks 21,539 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,886 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 536 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Baltimore
New Baltimore's moderate wildfire rating (32nd 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.
Hardening a home in New Baltimore
New Baltimore's 84.4% 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 New Baltimore's figures come from
New Baltimore's 32nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Baltimore's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.