Grifton, NC
Grifton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grifton lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,262 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grifton at the 36th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Grifton's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Grifton: 67.9% of its 1,262 buildings, versus 32.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Grifton ranks
Grifton's 37th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 11th ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grifton ranks 19,739 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,285 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 686 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Grifton's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Grifton's 67.9% 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
Grifton's 37th-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 Grifton, see the exposure-zones guide.