Alexis, NC
Alexis, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alexis sits at the 57th 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 459 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alexis at the 60th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Alexis's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Alexis's 459 counted buildings, 91.5% 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.
How Alexis compares
Alexis's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (55th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexis ranks 13,592 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,083 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 350 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Alexis and the insurance market
At the 57th national percentile, Alexis rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Alexis
Alexis's 91.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alexis's 13,592-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alexis, see the exposure-zones guide.