Hillsboro, WV
Hillsboro wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hillsboro lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 274 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hillsboro at the 65th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Where Hillsboro's buildings actually sit
Most of Hillsboro's buildings (62.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Hillsboro against the rest of the country
Hillsboro's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (62nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hillsboro ranks 12,087 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,412 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 204 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Hillsboro and the insurance market
Hillsboro's high rating (62nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hillsboro's 62.4% 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.
Where Hillsboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hillsboro's 12,087-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hillsboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.