Henlawson, WV
Henlawson, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Henlawson lands at the 93rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 211 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Henlawson at the 95th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Henlawson's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 81.5% of Henlawson's 211 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Henlawson ranks
Henlawson's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Henlawson ranks 2,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,461 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 46 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Henlawson
Henlawson's very high rating (93rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Henlawson
Henlawson's 81.5% 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 Henlawson's 2,317-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Henlawson, see the exposure-zones guide.