Glasgow, WV
How exposed is Glasgow to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glasgow lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 440 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glasgow's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 93.6% of Glasgow's 440 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 6.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Glasgow against the rest of the country
Glasgow scores 91st nationally and 83rd within West Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glasgow ranks 2,976 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 73 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
Glasgow's 91st-percentile, very 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.
Hardening a home in Glasgow
Glasgow's 93.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 440 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glasgow. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glasgow, see the exposure-zones guide.