Aberdeen, NC
How exposed is Aberdeen to wildfire?
USFS scores Aberdeen at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 3,517 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aberdeen at the 84th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Aberdeen's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 57.4% of Aberdeen's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 2,018 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Aberdeen ranks
Aberdeen scores 84th nationally and 93rd within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aberdeen ranks 5,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 59 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Aberdeen's 84th-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 57.4% of Aberdeen in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Aberdeen's figures come from
Aberdeen's 84th-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 Aberdeen's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.