University of Virginia, VA
University of Virginia wildfire risk explained
USFS scores University of Virginia at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 730 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts University of Virginia at the 33rd percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where University of Virginia's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 52.7% of University of Virginia's 730 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 11.8% Direct and 35.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where University of Virginia ranks
University of Virginia scores 34th nationally and 23rd 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, University of Virginia ranks 20,878 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,341 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 523 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 34th national percentile, University of Virginia rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in University of Virginia
Because 52.7% of University of Virginia'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind University of Virginia's 20,878-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond University of Virginia, see the exposure-zones guide.