Poquoson, VA
Poquoson, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Poquoson at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 5,936 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Poquoson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Poquoson's buildings actually sit
Of Poquoson's 5,936 counted buildings, 61.8% carry Direct exposure and only 26.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. At 5,936 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Poquoson ranks
Poquoson scores 64th nationally and 73rd within Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Poquoson ranks 11,456 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 182 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Poquoson and the insurance market
Poquoson's high rating (64th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 61.8% of Poquoson 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.
More on how this number was built
Poquoson's 64th-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 Poquoson, see the exposure-zones guide.