Pound, VA
How exposed is Pound to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pound at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 676 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pound at the 95th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.9% of Pound's 676 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 459 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 32.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Pound ranks
Pound's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (99th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pound ranks 2,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 8 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Pound and the insurance market
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Pound carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Pound's 67.9% 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.
Where Pound's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 676 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pound. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pound's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.