Strasburg, VA
Strasburg wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Strasburg at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,573 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Strasburg at the 62nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Strasburg's buildings actually sit
2,573 buildings are counted in Strasburg, and 77.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Strasburg against the rest of the country
Strasburg scores 61st nationally and 68th within Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strasburg ranks 12,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 219 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
At the 61st percentile nationally, Strasburg carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 77.8% of Strasburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Strasburg's figures come from
Strasburg's 61st-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 Strasburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.