West Logan, WV
West Logan wildfire risk explained
West Logan's 200 buildings earn a 94th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Logan at the 95th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Where West Logan's buildings actually sit
Most of West Logan's buildings (66.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
West Logan against the rest of the country
West Logan scores 94th nationally and 93rd 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, West Logan ranks 1,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,871 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 31 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Logan
West Logan's 94th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in West Logan (66.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where West Logan's figures come from
West Logan's 94th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Logan's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.