Chocowinity, NC
How exposed is Chocowinity to wildfire?
Chocowinity's 463 buildings earn a 49th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Chocowinity at the 47th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Chocowinity's building exposure, zone by zone
51% of Chocowinity's 463 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 236 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 49% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Chocowinity against the rest of the country
Chocowinity's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chocowinity ranks 16,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 506 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Chocowinity and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Chocowinity rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Chocowinity
With 51% of Chocowinity 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
Chocowinity's 49th-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 Chocowinity, see the exposure-zones guide.