Barbecue, NC
Barbecue, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Barbecue lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,981 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Barbecue at the 76th percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
Barbecue's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Barbecue's 1,981 counted buildings, 57% 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.
Where Barbecue ranks
Barbecue's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (78th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barbecue ranks 7,761 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 173 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barbecue
Barbecue's high rating (75th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Barbecue (57%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Barbecue's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,981 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Barbecue. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barbecue's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.