Wiley Ford, WV
Wiley Ford, WV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wiley Ford lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 684 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wiley Ford at the 45th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
Where Wiley Ford's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Wiley Ford (60.7% of 684 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 39.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Wiley Ford compares
Inside West Virginia, Wiley Ford sits at just the 30th percentile even though it scores 45th 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, Wiley Ford ranks 17,288 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,830 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 302 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wiley Ford
Wiley Ford's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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 Wiley Ford
Wiley Ford's 60.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Wiley Ford's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wiley Ford, see the exposure-zones guide.