Salt Rock, WV
Salt Rock wildfire risk explained
Salt Rock's 313 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Salt Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 78.3% of Salt Rock's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 245 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Salt Rock ranks
Salt Rock's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (64th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salt Rock ranks 9,315 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 154 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Salt Rock and the insurance market
Salt Rock's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Salt Rock
Salt Rock's 78.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Salt Rock's 71st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Salt Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.