Itmann, WV
How exposed is Itmann to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Itmann lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 179 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 Itmann at the 89th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Itmann's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 59.8% of Itmann's 179 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 40.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Itmann compares
Itmann scores 87th nationally and 77th 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, Itmann ranks 4,080 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,695 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 101 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Itmann
At the 87th percentile nationally, Itmann 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Itmann's 59.8% 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 Itmann's figures come from
Itmann's 87th-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 Itmann's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.