Virgilina, VA
Virgilina wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Virgilina at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 168 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Virgilina at the 41st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
168 buildings are counted in Virgilina, and 86.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Virgilina compares
Virgilina scores 39th nationally and 32nd 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, Virgilina ranks 19,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,117 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 468 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Virgilina and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Virgilina 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 Virgilina
Virgilina's 86.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Virgilina's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Virgilina's 19,111-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Virgilina's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.