Everetts, NC
Everetts wildfire risk explained
Everetts sits at the 49th 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 189 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Everetts's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 58.2% of Everetts's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 41.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 110 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Everetts against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Everetts's 49th national percentile and its 36th 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, Everetts ranks 15,984 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,290 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 495 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Everetts and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Everetts 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
With 58.2% of Everetts in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Everetts's 49th-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 Everetts, see the exposure-zones guide.