Yogaville, VA
Yogaville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Yogaville at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 194 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Yogaville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Yogaville's buildings actually sit
Of Yogaville's 194 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Yogaville ranks
Yogaville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (50th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (48th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yogaville ranks 16,404 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,105 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 344 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
Yogaville's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Yogaville (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Yogaville's 16,404-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Yogaville, see the exposure-zones guide.