Princeton, WV
How exposed is Princeton to wildfire?
USFS scores Princeton at the 53rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 3,635 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Princeton at the 55th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Princeton's buildings actually sit
3,635 buildings are counted in Princeton, and 95.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 4.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Princeton ranks
Princeton's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (53rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Princeton ranks 14,799 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,615 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 255 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Princeton
Princeton's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 95.9% of Princeton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Princeton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Princeton's 14,799-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Princeton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.