Plain View, NC
How exposed is Plain View to wildfire?
Plain View's 1,496 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Plain View at the 54th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Plain View's building exposure, zone by zone
61.8% of Plain View's 1,496 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 924 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 38.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Plain View ranks
There's little gap between Plain View's 55th national percentile and its 51st 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, Plain View ranks 14,253 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,189 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 380 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Plain View and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Plain View rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Plain View
Because Direct exposure dominates in Plain View (61.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plain View's 14,253-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Plain View, see the exposure-zones guide.