Sugarland Run, VA
Sugarland Run wildfire risk explained
Sugarland Run's 2,350 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sugarland Run at the 11th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Sugarland Run rates 42.9% Minimal exposure against just 21.8% Direct and 35.3% Indirect — of 2,350 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Sugarland Run ranks
Sugarland Run's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sugarland Run ranks 27,843 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,609 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 661 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Sugarland Run and the insurance market
Sugarland Run's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 42.9% of Sugarland Run outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Sugarland Run's figures come from
Sugarland Run's 12th-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 Sugarland Run's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.