Tangier, VA
Tangier wildfire risk explained
Tangier's 416 buildings earn a 64th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tangier at the 51st national percentile — 13 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Tangier's buildings actually sit
78.9% of Tangier's 416 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 21.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Tangier ranks
There's little gap between Tangier's 64th national percentile and its 75th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tangier ranks 11,298 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,917 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 174 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tangier
Tangier's high rating (64th 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 Tangier
Tangier's 78.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Tangier's figures come from
Tangier's 64th-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 Tangier's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.