White Hall, WV
White Hall, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, White Hall lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 415 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, White Hall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
White Hall's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of White Hall's buildings (66.8%) 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.
White Hall against the rest of the country
Inside West Virginia, White Hall sits at just the 10th percentile even though it scores 38th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, White Hall ranks 19,556 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 386 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in White Hall
White Hall's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in White Hall (66.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where White Hall's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind White Hall's 19,556-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what White Hall's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.