Springville, VA
Springville wildfire risk explained
Springville's 808 buildings earn a 83rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Springville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Springville's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Springville's 808 counted buildings, 76.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Springville ranks
Springville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Springville ranks 5,406 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,570 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 43 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Springville and the insurance market
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Springville 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76.7% of Springville 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 Springville's figures come from
Springville's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Springville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.