Stanardsville, VA
Stanardsville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Stanardsville lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 199 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stanardsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Stanardsville's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Stanardsville's 199 counted buildings, 58.8% 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 Stanardsville ranks
Stanardsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (60th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stanardsville ranks 14,229 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,908 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 271 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stanardsville
Stanardsville's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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 58.8% of Stanardsville 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 199 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Stanardsville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stanardsville, see the exposure-zones guide.