Hollister, NC
Hollister wildfire risk explained
Hollister's 488 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hollister's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Where Hollister's buildings actually sit
Of Hollister's 488 counted buildings, 99.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Hollister compares
There's little gap between Hollister's 50th national percentile and its 38th 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, Hollister ranks 15,673 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,574 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 474 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hollister
At the 50th national percentile, Hollister rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.8% of Hollister 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 488 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hollister. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hollister, see the exposure-zones guide.