Bolt, WV
Bolt, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bolt at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 417 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 Bolt at the 88th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Bolt's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Bolt's 417 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 417 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Bolt ranks
Bolt scores 86th nationally and 74th 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, Bolt ranks 4,491 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,899 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 113 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Bolt and the insurance market
Bolt's very high rating (86th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Bolt
With 100% of Bolt 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.
Where Bolt's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bolt's 4,491-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolt's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.