Avon, NC
Avon, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Avon's 1,796 buildings earn a 83rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Avon at the 73rd national percentile — 10 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Avon's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 90% of Avon's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 10% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Avon ranks
There's little gap between Avon's 83rd national percentile and its 90th 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, Avon ranks 5,489 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,080 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 79 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Avon
Avon's very high rating (83rd 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 Avon
Even with 90% of Avon 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.
Where Avon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,796 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Avon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Avon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.