Ramseur, NC
How exposed is Ramseur to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ramseur lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 957 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ramseur's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Where Ramseur's buildings actually sit
73.8% of Ramseur's 957 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 706 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Ramseur compares
Ramseur's 37th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 10th ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ramseur ranks 19,984 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,259 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 699 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ramseur
Ramseur's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 73.8% of Ramseur 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
Ramseur's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ramseur, see the exposure-zones guide.