Ahoskie, NC
Ahoskie wildfire risk explained
Ahoskie's 2,411 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ahoskie at the 50th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ahoskie's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Ahoskie (57.2% of 2,411 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 42.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Ahoskie against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Ahoskie's 50th national percentile and its 37th percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ahoskie ranks 15,893 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,489 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 486 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
Ahoskie's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 57.2% of Ahoskie's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Ahoskie's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,411 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ahoskie. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ahoskie's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.