Lattimore, NC
How exposed is Lattimore to wildfire?
Lattimore's 270 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lattimore at the 64th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Lattimore's building exposure, zone by zone
270 buildings are counted in Lattimore, and 80.4% 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.
How Lattimore compares
Lattimore scores 60th nationally and 59th 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, Lattimore ranks 12,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,512 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 317 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lattimore
At the 60th percentile nationally, Lattimore carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.4% of Lattimore 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
Lattimore's 60th-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 Lattimore, see the exposure-zones guide.