Charlton Heights, WV
Charlton Heights, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Charlton Heights sits at the 91st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 238 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Charlton Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Charlton Heights's building exposure, zone by zone
238 buildings are counted in Charlton Heights, and 59.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.7% in Direct exposure or the 2.1% rated Minimal.
How Charlton Heights compares
There's little gap between Charlton Heights's 91st national percentile and its 84th 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, Charlton Heights ranks 2,913 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 71 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Charlton Heights and the insurance market
Charlton Heights's very high rating (91st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Charlton Heights (59.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Charlton Heights's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Charlton Heights's 2,913-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Charlton Heights's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.