Fairview, WV
Fairview wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fairview lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 262 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fairview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Fairview's buildings (71.8%) 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.
Fairview against the rest of the country
Inside West Virginia, Fairview sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 45th 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, Fairview ranks 17,352 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,796 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 305 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairview
Fairview's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fairview's 71.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Fairview's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fairview, see the exposure-zones guide.