Arbovale, WV
Arbovale wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Arbovale at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 151 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Arbovale at the 58th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Arbovale's building exposure, zone by zone
98.7% of Arbovale's 151 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 149 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 1.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Arbovale compares
Arbovale scores 57th nationally and 46th within West 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, Arbovale ranks 13,537 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,863 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 231 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Arbovale
Arbovale's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Arbovale
Arbovale's 98.7% 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 Arbovale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Arbovale's 13,537-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Arbovale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.