The University of Virginia's College at Wise, VA
The University of Virginia's College at Wise, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
The University of Virginia's College at Wise's 55 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks The University of Virginia's College at Wise at the 88th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where The University of Virginia's College at Wise's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in The University of Virginia's College at Wise (80% of 55 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 20% sit in the Direct zone.
Where The University of Virginia's College at Wise ranks
There's little gap between The University of Virginia's College at Wise's 86th national percentile and its 95th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, The University of Virginia's College at Wise ranks 4,585 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 34 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
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At the 86th percentile nationally, The University of Virginia's College at Wise carries the very 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 80% of The University of Virginia's College at Wise'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 The University of Virginia's College at Wise's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 55 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for The University of Virginia's College at Wise. The exposure-zones guide covers what The University of Virginia's College at Wise's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.