New Market, VA
How exposed is New Market to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Market lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 931 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Market at the 63rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Market (66.6% of 931 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 33.4% sit in the Direct zone.
New Market against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Market's 63rd national percentile and its 72nd 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 Market ranks 11,678 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,469 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 194 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
New Market and the insurance market
At the 63rd percentile nationally, New Market carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in New Market (66.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Market's 11,678-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Market, see the exposure-zones guide.