Rougemont, NC
Rougemont wildfire risk explained
Rougemont sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 748 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rougemont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.7% of Rougemont's 748 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 746 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Rougemont compares
Rougemont's 37th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 11th ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rougemont ranks 19,767 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 689 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rougemont
At the 37th national percentile, Rougemont rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Rougemont's 99.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Rougemont's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rougemont's 19,767-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rougemont's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.