Mebane, NC
Mebane, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mebane at the 36th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 5,685 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mebane at the 38th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 54.9% of Mebane's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 45.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 3,120 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. At 5,685 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Mebane compares
Mebane ranks lower within North Carolina (9th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mebane ranks 20,141 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,039 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 705 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mebane
At the 36th national percentile, Mebane rates moderate 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 54.9% of Mebane 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
Mebane's 36th-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 Mebane, see the exposure-zones guide.