Port Royal, VA
Port Royal wildfire risk explained
Port Royal sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 210 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Royal's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Port Royal's buildings actually sit
Most of Port Royal's buildings (64.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Port Royal ranks
There's little gap between Port Royal's 35th national percentile and its 25th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Royal ranks 20,440 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,501 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 512 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Port Royal and the insurance market
Port Royal's moderate rating (35th 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 Port Royal
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Port Royal (64.3% 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
Port Royal's 35th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Port Royal, see the exposure-zones guide.