Rolesville, NC
How exposed is Rolesville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rolesville lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 3,651 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rolesville at the 38th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
Where Rolesville's buildings actually sit
53.6% of Rolesville's 3,651 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,958 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 38.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.1% are Minimal.
Where Rolesville ranks
Rolesville ranks lower within North Carolina (9th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rolesville ranks 20,114 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 703 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Rolesville and the insurance market
Rolesville's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53.6% of Rolesville 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
Rolesville's 36th-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 Rolesville, see the exposure-zones guide.