Cherryville, NC
Cherryville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Cherryville at the 59th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 3,169 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cherryville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Where Cherryville's buildings actually sit
3,169 buildings are counted in Cherryville, and 51.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 48.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Cherryville compares
There's little gap between Cherryville's 59th national percentile and its 57th 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, Cherryville ranks 13,025 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,203 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 330 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Cherryville and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Cherryville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 51.4% of Cherryville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Cherryville's 59th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Cherryville, see the exposure-zones guide.