Princeville, NC
Princeville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Princeville at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 789 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Princeville at the 43rd percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Princeville's buildings actually sit
789 buildings are counted in Princeville, and 69.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.4% rated Minimal.
Princeville against the rest of the country
Inside North Carolina, Princeville sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 44th 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, Princeville ranks 17,751 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,739 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 599 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Princeville and the insurance market
Princeville's elevated rating (44th 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 Princeville
With 69.2% of Princeville 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 789 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Princeville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Princeville, see the exposure-zones guide.