Leggett, NC
Leggett, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Leggett lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 87 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 Leggett at the 51st percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Leggett's building exposure, zone by zone
52.9% of Leggett's 87 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 46 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 47.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Leggett compares
There's little gap between Leggett's 50th national percentile and its 39th 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, Leggett ranks 15,639 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,624 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 471 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leggett
Leggett's elevated wildfire rating (50th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Leggett
With 52.9% of Leggett 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 87 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leggett. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leggett, see the exposure-zones guide.