Westover, WV
Westover, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Westover's 2,043 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Westover at the 35th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Westover's building exposure, zone by zone
53% of Westover's 2,043 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 8.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Westover against the rest of the country
Westover ranks lower within West Virginia (4th percentile statewide) than its 33rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westover ranks 21,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,350 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 414 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westover
Westover's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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.
Hardening a home in Westover
With 53% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Westover gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Westover's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Westover, see the exposure-zones guide.