Leon, WV
Leon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Leon at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 106 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leon at the 44th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Leon's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Leon: 82.1% of its 106 buildings, versus 14.2% Indirect and 3.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Leon against the rest of the country
Leon's 43rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside West Virginia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leon ranks 18,139 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,790 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 337 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leon
Leon's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.1% of Leon 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
Leon's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leon, see the exposure-zones guide.