Capon Bridge, WV
How exposed is Capon Bridge to wildfire?
Capon Bridge's 271 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Capon Bridge at the 58th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Where Capon Bridge's buildings actually sit
70.1% of Capon Bridge's 271 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 190 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Capon Bridge compares
There's little gap between Capon Bridge's 59th national percentile and its 48th percentile inside West Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Capon Bridge ranks 12,970 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,491 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 223 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Capon Bridge and the insurance market
Capon Bridge's elevated wildfire rating (59th 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 Capon Bridge
With 70.1% of Capon Bridge 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 271 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Capon Bridge. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Capon Bridge, see the exposure-zones guide.