Booth, WV
How exposed is Booth to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Booth at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 184 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Booth at the 38th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Booth's building exposure, zone by zone
184 buildings are counted in Booth, and 86.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Booth ranks
Booth ranks lower within West Virginia (8th percentile statewide) than its 37th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Booth ranks 19,903 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 393 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Booth's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
Hardening a home in Booth
Booth's 86.4% 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.
Where Booth's figures come from
Booth's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Booth's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.