Faith, NC
Faith, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Faith lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 559 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Faith at the 60th national percentile — 3 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
559 buildings are counted in Faith, and 71.7% 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.
Faith against the rest of the country
Faith's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Faith ranks 13,875 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 354 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Faith's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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.
Hardening a home in Faith
Because Direct exposure dominates in Faith (71.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Faith's 13,875-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Faith, see the exposure-zones guide.