Evergreen, NC
Evergreen wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Evergreen lands at the 81st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 313 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Evergreen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
313 buildings are counted in Evergreen, and 70.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Evergreen against the rest of the country
Evergreen scores 81st nationally and 87th within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Evergreen ranks 6,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,292 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 106 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Evergreen
Evergreen's very high rating (81st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.3% of Evergreen 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Evergreen's 6,116-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Evergreen, see the exposure-zones guide.