Governors Village, NC
Governors Village, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Governors Village at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 524 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Governors Village at the 38th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Governors Village's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Governors Village (87% of 524 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 13% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Governors Village ranks
Governors Village ranks lower within North Carolina (9th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Governors Village ranks 20,112 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,967 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 701 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Governors Village and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Governors Village rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Governors Village
Because 87% of Governors Village's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 524 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Governors Village. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Governors Village, see the exposure-zones guide.