East Dailey, WV
East Dailey wildfire risk explained
East Dailey sits at the 61st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 360 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Dailey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of East Dailey's 360 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How East Dailey compares
There's little gap between East Dailey's 61st national percentile and its 50th 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, East Dailey ranks 12,433 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 213 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
East Dailey's 61st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in East Dailey (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Dailey's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Dailey's 12,433-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Dailey's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.