Raleigh, WV
Raleigh wildfire risk explained
Raleigh's 212 buildings earn a 54th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Raleigh's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Raleigh's building exposure, zone by zone
73.6% of Raleigh's 212 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 26.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Raleigh compares
Raleigh's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (42nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Raleigh ranks 14,388 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,426 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 249 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
At the 54th national percentile, Raleigh rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Raleigh
Raleigh's 73.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Raleigh's 14,388-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Raleigh, see the exposure-zones guide.