Idamay, WV
How exposed is Idamay to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Idamay at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 317 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Idamay at the 44th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.3% of Idamay's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 46.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 169 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Idamay compares
Inside West Virginia, Idamay sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 43rd 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, Idamay ranks 18,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,196 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 332 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
Idamay's elevated wildfire rating (43rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 53.3% of Idamay 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 317 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Idamay. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Idamay, see the exposure-zones guide.