Edenton, NC
How exposed is Edenton to wildfire?
Edenton sits at the 60th 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 2,627 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edenton at the 56th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Edenton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 62.3% of Edenton's 2,627 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 36% Direct and 1.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Edenton ranks
Edenton's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (59th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (60th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edenton ranks 12,614 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,056 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 320 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Edenton and the insurance market
Edenton's elevated wildfire rating (60th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 62.3% of Edenton'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.
Where Edenton's figures come from
Edenton's 60th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edenton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.