Ellenboro, WV
Ellenboro wildfire risk explained
Ellenboro sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 289 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ellenboro at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
289 buildings are counted in Ellenboro, and 54.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Ellenboro compares
Inside West Virginia, Ellenboro sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ellenboro ranks 18,137 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,951 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 335 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ellenboro
At the 43rd national percentile, Ellenboro rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Ellenboro
Because 54.7% of Ellenboro'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 Ellenboro's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 289 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ellenboro. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ellenboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.