Archdale, NC
Archdale wildfire risk explained
Archdale's 5,080 buildings earn a 52nd-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Archdale at the 55th percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Archdale's building exposure, zone by zone
49.4% of Archdale's 5,080 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 35% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,080 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Archdale compares
Archdale scores 52nd nationally and 44th 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, Archdale ranks 15,097 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,392 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 431 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Archdale and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Archdale rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 49.4% of Archdale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,080 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Archdale. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Archdale, see the exposure-zones guide.