East Flat Rock, NC
East Flat Rock wildfire risk explained
East Flat Rock sits at the 55th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,735 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Flat Rock at the 56th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in East Flat Rock: 55.8% of its 2,735 buildings, versus 44.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where East Flat Rock ranks
There's little gap between East Flat Rock's 55th national percentile and its 51st 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, East Flat Rock ranks 14,157 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,873 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 375 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Flat Rock
At the 55th national percentile, East Flat Rock 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
East Flat Rock's 55.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
East Flat Rock's 55th-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 East Flat Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.