Teays Valley, WV
Teays Valley, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Teays Valley at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,968 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Teays Valley at the 63rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Teays Valley's buildings actually sit
5,968 buildings are counted in Teays Valley, and 84.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal. At 5,968 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Teays Valley against the rest of the country
Teays Valley scores 61st nationally and 51st within West Virginia — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Teays Valley ranks 12,308 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,889 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 211 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Teays Valley
At the 61st percentile nationally, Teays Valley 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.
Hardening a home in Teays Valley
Teays Valley's 84.2% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Teays Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Teays Valley's 12,308-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Teays Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.