Weber City, VA
How exposed is Weber City to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Weber City lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 807 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weber City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Weber City's buildings (58.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Weber City against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Weber City's 74th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weber City ranks 8,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,579 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 84 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Weber City and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Weber City carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Weber City
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Weber City (58.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Weber City's figures come from
Weber City's 74th-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 Weber City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.