Southampton Meadows, VA
Southampton Meadows, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Southampton Meadows lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 235 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Southampton Meadows's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Southampton Meadows (50.2% of 235 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Southampton Meadows ranks
Southampton Meadows's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (57th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (53rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Southampton Meadows ranks 14,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,650 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 291 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Southampton Meadows's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Southampton Meadows
Southampton Meadows's 50.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Southampton Meadows's 14,925-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Southampton Meadows, see the exposure-zones guide.