Mar-Mac, NC
Mar-Mac wildfire risk explained
Mar-Mac sits at the 50th 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 1,857 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mar-Mac at the 50th percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Mar-Mac's building exposure, zone by zone
1,857 buildings are counted in Mar-Mac, and 78.4% 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.
Mar-Mac against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Mar-Mac's 50th national percentile and its 38th 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, Mar-Mac ranks 15,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,887 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 480 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Mar-Mac and the insurance market
Mar-Mac's elevated rating (50th 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 Mar-Mac
With 78.4% of Mar-Mac 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 1,857 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mar-Mac. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mar-Mac, see the exposure-zones guide.