Grimesland, NC
How exposed is Grimesland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grimesland at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 271 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grimesland at the 46th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Grimesland: 62.4% of its 271 buildings, versus 37.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Grimesland against the rest of the country
Grimesland's 46th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 29th ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grimesland ranks 17,027 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,477 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 550 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Grimesland and the insurance market
Grimesland's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 62.4% of Grimesland 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.
More on how this number was built
Grimesland's 46th-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 Grimesland, see the exposure-zones guide.