Falcon, NC
How exposed is Falcon to wildfire?
Falcon's 234 buildings earn a 63rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Falcon at the 63rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Falcon's buildings actually sit
234 buildings are counted in Falcon, and 72.7% 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.
Where Falcon ranks
Falcon scores 63rd nationally and 62nd 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, Falcon ranks 11,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,677 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 293 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
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Falcon carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Falcon's 72.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 234 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Falcon. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Falcon, see the exposure-zones guide.