Wytheville, VA
How exposed is Wytheville to wildfire?
USFS scores Wytheville at the 63rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,724 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wytheville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 66th percentile nationally.
Wytheville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Wytheville (67.1% of 4,724 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Wytheville ranks
Wytheville scores 63rd nationally and 73rd 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, Wytheville ranks 11,584 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 188 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
Wytheville's 63rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Wytheville
Because 67.1% of Wytheville'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
Wytheville's 63rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wytheville, see the exposure-zones guide.