Wolf Summit, WV
Wolf Summit wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wolf Summit at the 44th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 142 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wolf Summit at the 44th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Wolf Summit's building exposure, zone by zone
59.2% of Wolf Summit's 142 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Wolf Summit against the rest of the country
Inside West Virginia, Wolf Summit sits at just the 25th percentile even though it scores 44th 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, Wolf Summit ranks 17,792 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,230 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 321 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wolf Summit
Wolf Summit's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Wolf Summit
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wolf Summit (59.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wolf Summit. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wolf Summit, see the exposure-zones guide.