Mason, WV
Mason, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mason's 711 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mason at the 41st percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
91.7% of Mason's 711 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 8% Direct and 0.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Mason ranks
Inside West Virginia, Mason sits at just the 12th percentile even though it scores 39th 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, Mason ranks 19,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,557 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 377 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mason
At the 39th national percentile, Mason rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Mason
Because 91.7% of Mason's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Mason's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mason's 19,116-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mason's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.