Daniels, WV
Daniels, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Daniels's 1,135 buildings earn a 62nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Daniels's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,135 buildings are counted in Daniels, and 51.3% 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 Daniels ranks
Daniels's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (62nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Daniels ranks 11,867 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 199 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
Daniels's high rating (62nd 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.
Hardening a home in Daniels
With 51.3% of Daniels 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 1,135 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Daniels. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Daniels, see the exposure-zones guide.