Hookerton, NC
How exposed is Hookerton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hookerton at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 258 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hookerton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Hookerton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 55% of Hookerton's 258 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 45% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Hookerton ranks
Hookerton 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, Hookerton ranks 20,140 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,895 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 704 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hookerton
Hookerton's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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
Hookerton's 55% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hookerton's 20,140-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hookerton, see the exposure-zones guide.