Alamance, NC
Alamance, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alamance sits at the 55th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 538 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alamance at the 58th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Alamance's buildings actually sit
Of Alamance's 538 counted buildings, 66.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Alamance against the rest of the country
Alamance's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (52nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alamance ranks 14,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,755 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 365 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alamance
Alamance's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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 Direct exposure dominates in Alamance (66.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 538 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alamance. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alamance, see the exposure-zones guide.