Morrisville, NC
Morrisville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Morrisville at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 6,211 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Morrisville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Morrisville rates 84.9% Minimal exposure against just 15.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 6,211 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 6,211 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Morrisville against the rest of the country
Inside North Carolina, Morrisville sits at just the 0th percentile even though it scores 23rd 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, Morrisville ranks 24,276 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,795 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 771 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
At the 23rd national percentile, Morrisville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 84.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Morrisville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Morrisville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,211 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Morrisville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Morrisville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.