Royal Pines, NC
Royal Pines, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Royal Pines lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,663 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Royal Pines at the 62nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Royal Pines's buildings actually sit
1,663 buildings are counted in Royal Pines, and 92.5% 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.
Royal Pines against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Royal Pines's 59th national percentile and its 58th 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, Royal Pines ranks 12,990 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 329 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Royal Pines
Royal Pines's elevated rating (59th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Royal Pines
Royal Pines's 92.5% 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 Royal Pines's figures come from
Royal Pines's 59th-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 Royal Pines's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.