Biscoe, NC
Biscoe wildfire risk explained
Biscoe sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 844 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Biscoe's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Where Biscoe's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Biscoe: 69.9% of its 844 buildings, versus 30.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Biscoe against the rest of the country
Biscoe's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (56th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (58th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Biscoe ranks 13,149 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,215 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 334 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Biscoe
Biscoe's elevated rating (58th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Biscoe's 69.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Biscoe's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Biscoe, see the exposure-zones guide.