Seagrove, NC
How exposed is Seagrove to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Seagrove lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 262 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Seagrove at the 48th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
76.3% of Seagrove's 262 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 200 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 23.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Seagrove compares
Seagrove ranks lower within North Carolina (29th 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, Seagrove ranks 16,994 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 548 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seagrove
Seagrove's elevated rating (46th 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 Seagrove
With 76.3% of Seagrove 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 262 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seagrove. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Seagrove, see the exposure-zones guide.