Maiden, NC
Maiden, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maiden sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,036 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maiden at the 52nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,036 buildings are counted in Maiden, and 56.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Maiden ranks
Maiden scores 49th nationally and 35th 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, Maiden ranks 16,080 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 502 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Maiden and the insurance market
Maiden's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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 Maiden
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Maiden (56.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Maiden's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Maiden, see the exposure-zones guide.