Schuyler, VA
Schuyler, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Schuyler at the 52nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 176 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Schuyler at the 52nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Schuyler's buildings actually sit
97.7% of Schuyler's 176 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 172 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 2.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Schuyler compares
Schuyler's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (57th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (52nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Schuyler ranks 15,083 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 294 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Schuyler and the insurance market
Schuyler's elevated wildfire rating (52nd 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Schuyler (97.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Schuyler's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Schuyler, see the exposure-zones guide.