Badin, NC
Badin, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Badin at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 722 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Badin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 65.5% of Badin's 722 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Badin compares
Inside North Carolina, Badin sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Badin ranks 17,849 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,426 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 603 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Badin
Badin's elevated rating (43rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Badin
Because 65.5% of Badin's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Badin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 722 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Badin. The exposure-zones guide covers what Badin's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.