Belville, NC
Belville wildfire risk explained
Belville's 925 buildings earn a 86th-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 Belville at the 83rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Belville's building exposure, zone by zone
925 buildings are counted in Belville, and 52.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Belville against the rest of the country
Belville scores 86th nationally and 95th 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, Belville ranks 4,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,513 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 40 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Belville
At the 86th percentile nationally, Belville carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Belville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Belville (52.3%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 925 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Belville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Belville, see the exposure-zones guide.