Rustburg, VA
How exposed is Rustburg to wildfire?
Rustburg's 902 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rustburg at the 59th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rustburg's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Rustburg: 81.7% of its 902 buildings, versus 18.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Rustburg compares
Rustburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (62nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rustburg ranks 13,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,713 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 260 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Rustburg and the insurance market
Rustburg's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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
With 81.7% of Rustburg 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.
Where Rustburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rustburg's 13,759-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rustburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.