East Bank, WV
East Bank wildfire risk explained
USFS scores East Bank at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 525 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Bank at the 94th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Where East Bank's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Bank (91.2% of 525 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where East Bank ranks
East Bank's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Bank ranks 2,506 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,953 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 55 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Bank
East Bank's very high rating (92nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 91.2% of East Bank's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where East Bank's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 525 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Bank. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Bank's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.