Maysville, NC
How exposed is Maysville to wildfire?
Maysville sits at the 77th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 585 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maysville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55% of Maysville's 585 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 322 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 45% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Maysville ranks
There's little gap between Maysville's 77th national percentile and its 79th 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, Maysville ranks 7,316 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 162 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Maysville's 77th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Maysville
With 55% of Maysville 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.
Where Maysville's figures come from
Maysville's 77th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maysville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.