Prosperity, WV
Prosperity, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Prosperity lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 934 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 Prosperity at the 68th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Prosperity's building exposure, zone by zone
934 buildings are counted in Prosperity, and 69% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 31.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Prosperity ranks
Prosperity's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (66th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prosperity ranks 10,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 178 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Prosperity
At the 66th percentile nationally, Prosperity 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 69% of Prosperity'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 Prosperity's figures come from
Prosperity's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Prosperity's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.