Green Bank, WV
Green Bank, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Green Bank's 251 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Bank at the 56th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Green Bank's buildings actually sit
Of Green Bank's 251 counted buildings, 99.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Green Bank against the rest of the country
Green Bank's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (45th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Bank ranks 13,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 236 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
At the 56th national percentile, Green Bank rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.2% of Green Bank in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Green Bank's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Green Bank, see the exposure-zones guide.