Sissonville, WV
How exposed is Sissonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sissonville at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,076 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sissonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,076 buildings are counted in Sissonville, and 66.1% 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.
How Sissonville compares
There's little gap between Sissonville's 69th national percentile and its 62nd 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, Sissonville ranks 9,819 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,270 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 164 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Sissonville and the insurance market
At the 69th percentile nationally, Sissonville carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 66.1% of Sissonville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,076 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sissonville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sissonville, see the exposure-zones guide.