Liberty, NC
Liberty wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Liberty at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,605 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Liberty at the 54th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Liberty's buildings actually sit
Of Liberty's 1,605 counted buildings, 63.9% 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.
Where Liberty ranks
Liberty scores 52nd nationally and 42nd 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, Liberty ranks 15,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,752 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 446 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Liberty
Liberty's elevated rating (52nd 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 Liberty
Liberty's 63.9% 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
Liberty's 52nd-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 Liberty, see the exposure-zones guide.