Butters, NC
Butters, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Butters sits at the 80th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 241 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Butters at the 81st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Butters: 87.1% of its 241 buildings, versus 12.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Butters against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Butters's 80th national percentile and its 85th percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Butters ranks 6,344 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,439 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 115 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Butters
Butters's high rating (80th 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 Butters
Butters's 87.1% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 241 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Butters. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Butters, see the exposure-zones guide.