Blacksville, WV
Blacksville, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Blacksville at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 121 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blacksville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Blacksville: 59.5% of its 121 buildings, versus 40.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Blacksville compares
Blacksville's 40th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside West Virginia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blacksville ranks 18,863 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 364 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blacksville
Blacksville's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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 59.5% of Blacksville 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
Blacksville's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blacksville, see the exposure-zones guide.