Stanaford, WV
How exposed is Stanaford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stanaford at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 827 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stanaford at the 64th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
827 buildings are counted in Stanaford, and 55.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 44.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Stanaford ranks
Stanaford's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (62nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stanaford ranks 11,994 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 202 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Stanaford and the insurance market
Stanaford's high rating (62nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 55.1% of Stanaford'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 827 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Stanaford. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Stanaford, see the exposure-zones guide.