Dellview, NC
How exposed is Dellview to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dellview lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 8 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dellview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Dellview's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Dellview's 8 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. This is a small settlement by building count — 8 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
Where Dellview ranks
There's little gap between Dellview'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, Dellview ranks 12,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,515 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 328 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Dellview and the insurance market
At the 59th national percentile, Dellview 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
Dellview's 100% 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.
Where Dellview's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dellview. Small places like Dellview (8 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.