Lasker, NC
How exposed is Lasker to wildfire?
USFS scores Lasker at the 50th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 107 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lasker's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Lasker's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 71% of Lasker's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 76 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Lasker ranks
There's little gap between Lasker'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, Lasker ranks 15,795 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,744 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 483 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
Lasker's elevated rating (50th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lasker's 71% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Lasker's 50th-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 Lasker, see the exposure-zones guide.