Sedalia, NC
Sedalia wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sedalia at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 397 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sedalia at the 56th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Sedalia's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Sedalia's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 397 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Sedalia against the rest of the country
Sedalia's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (54th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sedalia ranks 14,659 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,276 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 402 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sedalia
Sedalia's elevated rating (54th 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 Sedalia
Sedalia's 100% 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 Sedalia's figures come from
Sedalia's 54th-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 Sedalia's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.