Bolton, NC
Bolton, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bolton at the 82nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 376 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bolton at the 82nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bolton's buildings actually sit
376 buildings are counted in Bolton, and 85.6% 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.
How Bolton compares
Bolton scores 82nd nationally and 89th 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, Bolton ranks 5,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,744 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 88 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bolton
Bolton's very high rating (82nd 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 Bolton
With 85.6% of Bolton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bolton's 82nd-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 Bolton, see the exposure-zones guide.