Ronda, NC
How exposed is Ronda to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ronda at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 336 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ronda at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Ronda's building exposure, zone by zone
89.6% of Ronda's 336 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 301 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Ronda ranks
Inside North Carolina, Ronda sits at just the 10th percentile even though it scores 37th 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, Ronda ranks 19,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 697 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ronda
Ronda's moderate rating (37th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ronda (89.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ronda's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ronda's 19,954-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ronda's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.