Durbin, WV
Durbin, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Durbin at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 237 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Durbin at the 47th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Durbin's buildings (70%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Durbin ranks
Durbin's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Durbin ranks 16,595 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,581 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 283 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Durbin and the insurance market
Durbin's elevated rating (47th 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 Durbin
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Durbin (70% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 237 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Durbin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Durbin, see the exposure-zones guide.