Brandonville, WV
How exposed is Brandonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brandonville at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 87 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 Brandonville at the 49th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
73.6% of Brandonville's 87 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 64 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Brandonville ranks
Brandonville's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (48th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brandonville ranks 16,406 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,636 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 279 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brandonville
At the 48th national percentile, Brandonville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Brandonville's 73.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 87 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brandonville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brandonville, see the exposure-zones guide.