Lake Norman of Iredell, NC
Lake Norman of Iredell, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Lake Norman of Iredell at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,275 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 Lake Norman of Iredell at the 47th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
59.4% of Lake Norman of Iredell's 5,275 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,134 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 40.6% are Minimal. At 5,275 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lake Norman of Iredell ranks
Inside North Carolina, Lake Norman of Iredell sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 44th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Norman of Iredell ranks 17,593 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,271 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 592 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Norman of Iredell
Lake Norman of Iredell's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lake Norman of Iredell
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lake Norman of Iredell (59.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Lake Norman of Iredell's 44th-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 Lake Norman of Iredell, see the exposure-zones guide.