Grant Town, WV
How exposed is Grant Town to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grant Town lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 374 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grant Town's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Grant Town's building exposure, zone by zone
52.4% of Grant Town's 374 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Grant Town compares
Inside West Virginia, Grant Town sits at just the 21st percentile even though it scores 42nd 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, Grant Town ranks 18,169 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,794 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 339 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Grant Town and the insurance market
Grant Town's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Grant Town
Because 52.4% of Grant Town'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 Grant Town's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 374 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grant Town. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grant Town's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.