Shinnston, WV
Shinnston, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Shinnston at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,240 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shinnston at the 41st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Shinnston's buildings actually sit
79.6% of Shinnston's 1,240 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Shinnston compares
Shinnston ranks lower within West Virginia (13th percentile statewide) than its 39th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shinnston ranks 19,117 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,412 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 378 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
Shinnston's moderate wildfire rating (39th 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 79.6% of Shinnston'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.
More on how this number was built
Shinnston's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shinnston, see the exposure-zones guide.