Clinton, NC
Clinton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clinton at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,413 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinton at the 54th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
43.6% of Clinton's 4,413 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 39.7% Direct and 16.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Clinton compares
Clinton's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clinton ranks 14,657 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 400 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Clinton and the insurance market
At the 54th national percentile, Clinton 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 Clinton
Because 43.6% of Clinton'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
Clinton's 54th-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 Clinton, see the exposure-zones guide.