Meadow Bridge, WV
How exposed is Meadow Bridge to wildfire?
Meadow Bridge's 261 buildings earn a 72nd-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 Meadow Bridge at the 73rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Meadow Bridge's buildings actually sit
52.9% of Meadow Bridge's 261 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Meadow Bridge compares
Meadow Bridge's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (66th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (72nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Meadow Bridge ranks 8,715 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,814 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 146 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Meadow Bridge's 72nd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Meadow Bridge (52.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Meadow Bridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 261 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meadow Bridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Meadow Bridge's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.