Ashley Heights, NC
How exposed is Ashley Heights to wildfire?
Ashley Heights's 275 buildings earn a 88th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ashley Heights at the 88th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Where Ashley Heights's buildings actually sit
94.9% of Ashley Heights's 275 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 261 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 5.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Ashley Heights ranks
Ashley Heights's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashley Heights ranks 3,790 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,361 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 23 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
Ashley Heights's very high rating (88th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Ashley Heights
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ashley Heights (94.9%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ashley Heights's 3,790-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ashley Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.