Faison, NC
How exposed is Faison to wildfire?
USFS scores Faison at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 484 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 Faison at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Faison's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 55.4% of Faison's 484 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Faison against the rest of the country
Faison's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (34th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (49th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Faison ranks 16,204 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,635 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 509 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Faison
Faison's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Faison's 55.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Faison's figures come from
Faison's 49th-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 Faison's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.