Rockfish, NC
Rockfish wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Rockfish at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,601 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 Rockfish at the 84th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
Where Rockfish's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Rockfish: 69.4% of its 1,601 buildings, versus 30.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Rockfish against the rest of the country
Rockfish's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (91st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockfish ranks 5,300 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,767 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 70 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockfish
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Rockfish 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Rockfish (69.4%), 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
Rockfish's 83rd-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 Rockfish, see the exposure-zones guide.