Powellton, WV
How exposed is Powellton to wildfire?
Powellton's 329 buildings earn a 89th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Powellton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
Powellton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Powellton: 100% of its 329 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Powellton against the rest of the country
Powellton's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (89th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Powellton ranks 3,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,864 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 91 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
Powellton's very high rating (89th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Powellton (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Powellton's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Powellton, see the exposure-zones guide.