Raven, VA
Raven wildfire risk explained
Raven sits at the 86th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,493 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Raven's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Raven's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Raven's buildings (56.4%) 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 Raven ranks
Raven scores 86th nationally and 96th 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, Raven ranks 4,459 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 30 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Raven and the insurance market
At the 86th percentile nationally, Raven 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.
Hardening a home in Raven
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Raven (56.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Raven's 4,459-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Raven, see the exposure-zones guide.