Marshall, NC
Marshall wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marshall at the 82nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 642 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marshall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Marshall's buildings actually sit
Of Marshall's 642 counted buildings, 85.7% 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 Marshall ranks
Marshall's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marshall ranks 5,774 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,299 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 94 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marshall
Marshall's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Marshall
Marshall's 85.7% 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
Marshall's 82nd-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 Marshall, see the exposure-zones guide.