Ridgeley, WV
How exposed is Ridgeley to wildfire?
USFS scores Ridgeley at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 351 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ridgeley at the 39th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ridgeley's buildings actually sit
351 buildings are counted in Ridgeley, and 92.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 7.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Ridgeley against the rest of the country
Ridgeley ranks lower within West Virginia (13th percentile statewide) than its 40th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgeley ranks 18,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,297 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 371 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridgeley
Ridgeley's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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
Because 92.6% of Ridgeley'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 Ridgeley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 351 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridgeley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgeley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.