Roxobel, NC
Roxobel, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Roxobel's 231 buildings earn a 46th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Roxobel's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
231 buildings are counted in Roxobel, and 68.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Roxobel compares
Roxobel ranks lower within North Carolina (28th percentile statewide) than its 46th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roxobel ranks 17,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,773 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 552 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Roxobel
Roxobel's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.4% of Roxobel 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
Roxobel's 46th-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 Roxobel, see the exposure-zones guide.