Jackson Heights, NC
Jackson Heights, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Jackson Heights at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 764 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jackson Heights at the 42nd percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Jackson Heights's building exposure, zone by zone
764 buildings are counted in Jackson Heights, and 66.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Jackson Heights ranks
Jackson Heights ranks lower within North Carolina (20th percentile statewide) than its 43rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jackson Heights ranks 18,122 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,976 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 618 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
At the 43rd national percentile, Jackson Heights rates elevated 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 Jackson Heights
With 66.6% of Jackson Heights 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jackson Heights's 18,122-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Jackson Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.