Franklinton, NC
Franklinton wildfire risk explained
Franklinton sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,365 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Franklinton at the 44th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Franklinton's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Franklinton's 1,365 counted buildings, 69.4% 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.
Franklinton against the rest of the country
Inside North Carolina, Franklinton sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 42nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Franklinton ranks 18,277 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,765 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 623 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Franklinton
Franklinton's elevated wildfire rating (42nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Franklinton's 69.4% 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.
Where Franklinton's figures come from
Franklinton's 42nd-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 Franklinton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.