Ranson, WV
Ranson, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ranson's 2,342 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ranson at the 37th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ranson (86.6% of 2,342 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Ranson ranks
Inside West Virginia, Ranson sits at just the 6th percentile even though it scores 36th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ranson ranks 20,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,623 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 404 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Ranson and the insurance market
Ranson's moderate wildfire rating (36th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ranson (86.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Ranson's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ranson, see the exposure-zones guide.