Roberdel, NC
How exposed is Roberdel to wildfire?
USFS scores Roberdel at the 81st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 183 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Roberdel at the 83rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Roberdel's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Roberdel: 100% of its 183 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Roberdel compares
Roberdel's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (81st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roberdel ranks 5,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,508 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 101 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
At the 81st percentile nationally, Roberdel carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Roberdel
With 100% of Roberdel 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
Roberdel's 81st-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 Roberdel, see the exposure-zones guide.