New River, VA
New River wildfire risk explained
New River's 162 buildings earn a 54th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New River at the 57th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New River's building exposure, zone by zone
Of New River's 162 counted buildings, 64.8% 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.
New River against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New River's 54th national percentile and its 59th 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 River ranks 14,642 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,358 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 281 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New River
New River's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in New River
With 64.8% of New River in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where New River's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New River's 14,642-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New River's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.