Robinette, WV
How exposed is Robinette to wildfire?
Robinette's 267 buildings earn a 96th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Robinette at the 98th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Robinette's building exposure, zone by zone
267 buildings are counted in Robinette, and 73% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Robinette against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Robinette's 96th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside West Virginia, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Robinette ranks 1,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 4 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Robinette and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Robinette 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 Direct exposure dominates in Robinette (73%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Robinette's figures come from
Robinette's 96th-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 Robinette's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.