Dover, NC
How exposed is Dover to wildfire?
USFS scores Dover at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 309 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dover at the 59th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Dover's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56% of Dover's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 44% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 173 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Dover against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Dover's 62nd national percentile and its 60th 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, Dover ranks 12,070 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,402 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 308 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dover
Dover's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Dover
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dover (56%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 309 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dover. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dover, see the exposure-zones guide.