Templeton, VA
Templeton, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Templeton at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 291 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 Templeton at the 53rd percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.6% of Templeton's 291 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 220 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Templeton ranks
Templeton scores 53rd nationally and 58th 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, Templeton ranks 14,830 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,901 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 287 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Templeton
Templeton's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 75.6% of Templeton 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 Templeton's 14,830-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Templeton, see the exposure-zones guide.