Mount Gilead, NC
How exposed is Mount Gilead to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Gilead lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 775 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Gilead at the 57th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mount Gilead's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Mount Gilead's 775 counted buildings, 78.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Mount Gilead compares
Mount Gilead scores 54th nationally and 50th within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Gilead ranks 14,381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,870 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 386 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Gilead
Mount Gilead's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mount Gilead
With 78.1% of Mount Gilead 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 Mount Gilead's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Gilead's 14,381-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Gilead's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.