Barrackville, WV
Barrackville, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Barrackville at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 685 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Barrackville at the 40th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.6% of Barrackville's 685 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Barrackville ranks
Barrackville ranks lower within West Virginia (11th percentile statewide) than its 39th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barrackville ranks 19,273 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,823 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 380 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barrackville
Barrackville's moderate wildfire rating (39th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Barrackville (67.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barrackville's 19,273-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Barrackville, see the exposure-zones guide.