Ravenswood, WV
How exposed is Ravenswood to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ravenswood at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,925 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ravenswood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
94.1% of Ravenswood's 1,925 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5.8% Direct and 0.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Ravenswood ranks
Ravenswood's 41st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 17th ranking inside West Virginia does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ravenswood ranks 18,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,695 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 357 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
Ravenswood's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 94.1% of Ravenswood'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 Ravenswood's figures come from
Ravenswood's 41st-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 Ravenswood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.