Savageville, VA
How exposed is Savageville to wildfire?
USFS scores Savageville at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 117 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Savageville at the 53rd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 75.2% of Savageville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 88 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Savageville compares
Savageville scores 54th nationally and 59th 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, Savageville ranks 14,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 279 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Savageville and the insurance market
Savageville's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 75.2% of Savageville 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 117 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Savageville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Savageville, see the exposure-zones guide.