Jane Lew, WV
How exposed is Jane Lew to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jane Lew lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 279 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 Jane Lew at the 44th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 78.9% of Jane Lew's 279 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 21.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Jane Lew ranks
Inside West Virginia, Jane Lew sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 42nd 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, Jane Lew ranks 18,297 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 345 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Jane Lew and the insurance market
Jane Lew's elevated wildfire rating (42nd 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.
Hardening a home in Jane Lew
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Jane Lew (78.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Jane Lew's figures come from
Jane Lew's 42nd-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 Jane Lew's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.