Marvin, NC
Marvin, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marvin lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,363 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 Marvin at the 47th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Marvin's buildings actually sit
63.5% of Marvin's 2,363 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,501 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 36.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Marvin ranks
Inside North Carolina, Marvin sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 44th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marvin ranks 17,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 590 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marvin
At the 44th national percentile, Marvin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 63.5% of Marvin 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 2,363 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marvin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Marvin, see the exposure-zones guide.