Lesage, WV
Lesage, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lesage at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 818 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lesage at the 64th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Lesage's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lesage's 818 counted buildings, 59.8% carry Direct exposure and only 2.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Lesage compares
Lesage's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (55th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (64th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lesage ranks 11,457 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,480 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 194 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lesage
At the 64th percentile nationally, Lesage carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Lesage
Lesage's 59.8% 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 Lesage's figures come from
Lesage's 64th-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 Lesage's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.