Frisco, NC
Frisco wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Frisco at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,360 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Frisco at the 89th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Frisco: 65.4% of its 1,360 buildings, versus 32.2% Indirect and 2.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Frisco against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Frisco's 93rd national percentile and its 99th percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frisco ranks 2,239 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,785 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 9 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Frisco and the insurance market
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Frisco carries the very 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
With 65.4% of Frisco in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Frisco's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Frisco's 2,239-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Frisco's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.