Craigsville, WV
How exposed is Craigsville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Craigsville at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,545 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Craigsville at the 58th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Craigsville's building exposure, zone by zone
1,545 buildings are counted in Craigsville, and 73.4% 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.
Craigsville against the rest of the country
Craigsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Craigsville ranks 13,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,972 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 238 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
Craigsville's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Craigsville
With 73.4% of Craigsville 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
Craigsville's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Craigsville, see the exposure-zones guide.