Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV
Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Gay-Shamrock lands at the 94th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,088 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mount Gay-Shamrock at the 95th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Mount Gay-Shamrock's building exposure, zone by zone
1,088 buildings are counted in Mount Gay-Shamrock, and 64.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 35.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Mount Gay-Shamrock against the rest of the country
Mount Gay-Shamrock scores 94th nationally and 91st within West Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Gay-Shamrock ranks 2,064 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,354 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 37 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Gay-Shamrock
At the 94th percentile nationally, Mount Gay-Shamrock carries the very 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 Mount Gay-Shamrock
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mount Gay-Shamrock (64.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Mount Gay-Shamrock's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,088 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Gay-Shamrock. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Gay-Shamrock's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.