New Martinsville, WV
New Martinsville wildfire risk explained
New Martinsville's 3,020 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Martinsville at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where New Martinsville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Martinsville (91.1% of 3,020 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.6% sit in the Direct zone.
New Martinsville against the rest of the country
New Martinsville's 40th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside West Virginia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Martinsville ranks 18,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,400 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 365 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
New Martinsville's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in New Martinsville (91.1% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Martinsville's 18,895-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Martinsville, see the exposure-zones guide.