Stonega, VA
Stonega wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stonega at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 93 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stonega's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Stonega's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Stonega's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 93 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Stonega compares
Stonega's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (94th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stonega ranks 1,905 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,381 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 1 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stonega
Stonega's very high rating (94th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Stonega
With 100% of Stonega 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stonega's 1,905-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stonega, see the exposure-zones guide.