Glenville, WV
Glenville, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glenville sits at the 48th 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 760 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glenville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Glenville's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Glenville (65.5% of 760 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Glenville ranks
Glenville's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (48th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glenville ranks 16,532 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,024 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 281 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Glenville and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Glenville 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 Glenville
Glenville's 65.5% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glenville's 16,532-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glenville, see the exposure-zones guide.