Roxboro, NC
Roxboro, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Roxboro's 4,365 buildings earn a 52nd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Roxboro at the 54th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Roxboro's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Roxboro's buildings (61.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Roxboro ranks
Roxboro scores 52nd nationally and 43rd within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roxboro ranks 15,228 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,914 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 440 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Roxboro and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Roxboro rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Roxboro
Roxboro's 61.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,365 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Roxboro. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Roxboro, see the exposure-zones guide.