Laurel Park, NC
Laurel Park, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Laurel Park at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,084 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 Laurel Park at the 54th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where Laurel Park's buildings actually sit
Of Laurel Park's 1,084 counted buildings, 84.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Laurel Park against the rest of the country
Laurel Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (40th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (51st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laurel Park ranks 15,547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,385 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 464 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Laurel Park
At the 51st national percentile, Laurel Park 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
Laurel Park's 84.8% 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.
Where Laurel Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Laurel Park's 15,547-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Laurel Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.