Forest Hills, NC
How exposed is Forest Hills to wildfire?
Forest Hills sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 115 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Forest Hills at the 77th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Forest Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Forest Hills's 115 counted buildings, 97.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Forest Hills against the rest of the country
Forest Hills's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (74th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forest Hills ranks 8,296 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 194 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Forest Hills
At the 74th percentile nationally, Forest Hills 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
Forest Hills's 97.4% 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 115 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Forest Hills. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Forest Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.