Lumberport, WV
Lumberport, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lumberport lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 546 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lumberport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Lumberport's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lumberport (72.7% of 546 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 27.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Lumberport against the rest of the country
Inside West Virginia, Lumberport sits at just the 9th percentile even though it scores 37th 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, Lumberport ranks 19,746 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,626 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 391 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Lumberport and the insurance market
Lumberport's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lumberport's 72.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lumberport's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lumberport's 19,746-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lumberport's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.