Passapatanzy, VA
How exposed is Passapatanzy to wildfire?
USFS scores Passapatanzy at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 566 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Passapatanzy's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Passapatanzy's building exposure, zone by zone
88.5% of Passapatanzy's 566 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 501 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 11.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Passapatanzy ranks
There's little gap between Passapatanzy's 48th national percentile and its 49th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Passapatanzy ranks 16,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,319 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 348 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Passapatanzy
Passapatanzy's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Passapatanzy's 88.5% 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
Passapatanzy's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Passapatanzy, see the exposure-zones guide.