Plymouth, NC
Plymouth, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Plymouth at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,146 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plymouth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Where Plymouth's buildings actually sit
2,146 buildings are counted in Plymouth, and 67.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.1% rated Minimal.
Plymouth against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Plymouth's 54th national percentile and its 50th 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, Plymouth ranks 14,410 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,081 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 390 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
Plymouth'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 Plymouth
Plymouth's 67.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,146 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plymouth. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Plymouth, see the exposure-zones guide.