Point Pleasant, WV
Point Pleasant, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Point Pleasant at the 41st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,386 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Point Pleasant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Point Pleasant's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Point Pleasant (92.9% of 2,386 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Point Pleasant ranks
Inside West Virginia, Point Pleasant sits at just the 18th percentile even though it scores 41st 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, Point Pleasant ranks 18,550 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,540 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 352 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
Point Pleasant's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
Hardening a home in Point Pleasant
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Point Pleasant (92.9% 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 Point Pleasant's 18,550-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Point Pleasant, see the exposure-zones guide.