Hollygrove, WV
Hollygrove, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hollygrove at the 89th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 88 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hollygrove at the 90th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hollygrove's buildings actually sit
Of Hollygrove's 88 counted buildings, 76.1% 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.
How Hollygrove compares
Hollygrove scores 89th nationally and 78th within West Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hollygrove ranks 3,609 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,599 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 96 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 89th percentile nationally, Hollygrove carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 76.1% of Hollygrove 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.
Where Hollygrove's figures come from
Hollygrove's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hollygrove's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.