Rowlesburg, WV
How exposed is Rowlesburg to wildfire?
Rowlesburg sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 350 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rowlesburg at the 56th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
56.9% of Rowlesburg's 350 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Rowlesburg compares
Rowlesburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rowlesburg ranks 12,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,325 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 224 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
Rowlesburg's elevated rating (59th 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 56.9% of Rowlesburg'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 Rowlesburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rowlesburg's 12,971-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rowlesburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.