Kannapolis, NC
How exposed is Kannapolis to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kannapolis lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 23,286 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kannapolis at the 55th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where Kannapolis's buildings actually sit
48.3% of Kannapolis's 23,286 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 40% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 23,286 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Kannapolis ranks
Kannapolis scores 51st nationally and 41st within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kannapolis ranks 15,324 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 561 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 453 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 51st national percentile, Kannapolis 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
Even with 48.3% of Kannapolis outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 23,286 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kannapolis. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Kannapolis, see the exposure-zones guide.