Blennerhassett, WV
How exposed is Blennerhassett to wildfire?
Blennerhassett sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,719 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blennerhassett at the 34th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Blennerhassett's building exposure, zone by zone
64.3% of Blennerhassett's 1,719 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,106 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 34.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 1.3% are Minimal.
Blennerhassett against the rest of the country
Blennerhassett ranks lower within West Virginia (2nd percentile statewide) than its 33rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blennerhassett ranks 21,257 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 419 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blennerhassett
Blennerhassett's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Blennerhassett's 64.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Blennerhassett's 33rd-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 Blennerhassett, see the exposure-zones guide.