Prince, WV
Prince, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Prince lands at the 72nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 100 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 Prince at the 72nd percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Prince's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Prince's 100 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Prince ranks
Prince's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (72nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prince ranks 8,842 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,062 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 149 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Prince and the insurance market
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Prince carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Prince's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 100 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Prince. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prince, see the exposure-zones guide.