Camden, NC
Camden, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Camden lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 333 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 Camden at the 50th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Camden's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Camden: 75.7% of its 333 buildings, versus 24% Indirect and 0.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Camden against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Camden's 53rd national percentile and its 45th 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, Camden ranks 14,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,736 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 424 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Camden
Camden's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Camden
Because Direct exposure dominates in Camden (75.7%), 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
Camden's 53rd-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 Camden, see the exposure-zones guide.