Roper, NC
How exposed is Roper to wildfire?
Roper's 333 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Roper at the 52nd percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Roper's building exposure, zone by zone
55% of Roper's 333 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 45.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Roper against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Roper's 55th national percentile and its 51st percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roper ranks 14,191 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,737 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 377 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Roper and the insurance market
Roper's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
Hardening a home in Roper
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Roper (55% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Roper's figures come from
Roper's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Roper's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.