Aurora, WV
Aurora wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Aurora lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 180 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Aurora at the 58th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Aurora's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Aurora: 100% of its 180 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Aurora compares
Aurora's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (47th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (58th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aurora ranks 13,284 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,654 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 226 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aurora
Aurora's elevated wildfire rating (58th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Aurora in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Aurora's 13,284-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Aurora, see the exposure-zones guide.