Rand, WV
Rand wildfire risk explained
Rand's 1,108 buildings earn a 90th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rand at the 91st percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
Where Rand's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 98.1% of Rand's 1,108 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 1.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Rand against the rest of the country
Rand scores 90th nationally and 80th within West Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rand ranks 3,325 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,237 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 86 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 90th percentile nationally, Rand carries the very 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
Because 98.1% of Rand'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,108 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rand. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Rand, see the exposure-zones guide.