Kenova, WV
Kenova wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kenova lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,602 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 Kenova at the 56th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 62.9% of Kenova's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0.3% Direct and 36.9% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Kenova compares
There's little gap between Kenova's 54th national percentile and its 41st percentile inside West Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kenova ranks 14,609 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,766 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 252 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Kenova and the insurance market
At the 54th national percentile, Kenova rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Kenova's 62.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Kenova's figures come from
Kenova's 54th-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 Kenova's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.