New Kent, VA
New Kent, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Kent at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 420 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 New Kent at the 49th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of New Kent's 420 counted buildings, 86.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where New Kent ranks
There's little gap between New Kent's 49th national percentile and its 51st 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 Kent ranks 16,057 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,829 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 333 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Kent
At the 49th national percentile, New Kent rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
New Kent's 86.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 420 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Kent. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Kent, see the exposure-zones guide.