Glen Raven, NC
Glen Raven wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glen Raven at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,606 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glen Raven at the 54th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glen Raven's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 59.7% of Glen Raven's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 958 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Glen Raven ranks
Glen Raven's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (52nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Raven ranks 15,227 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 439 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Glen Raven and the insurance market
Glen Raven's elevated wildfire rating (52nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Glen Raven (59.7%), 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
Glen Raven's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Glen Raven, see the exposure-zones guide.