Mullens, WV
Mullens, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Mullens at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 882 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mullens at the 89th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Mullens's building exposure, zone by zone
67.6% of Mullens's 882 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Mullens against the rest of the country
Mullens scores 87th nationally and 76th 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, Mullens ranks 4,174 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,892 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 103 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mullens
Mullens's very high rating (87th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Mullens
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mullens (67.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 882 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mullens. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mullens, see the exposure-zones guide.