Lashmeet, WV
Lashmeet wildfire risk explained
Lashmeet's 349 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lashmeet at the 78th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lashmeet's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lashmeet's 349 counted buildings, 61.9% 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.
Lashmeet against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lashmeet's 76th national percentile and its 69th 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, Lashmeet ranks 7,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 132 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lashmeet
Lashmeet's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Lashmeet
Lashmeet's 61.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Lashmeet's figures come from
Lashmeet's 76th-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 Lashmeet's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.