Seven Devils, NC
How exposed is Seven Devils to wildfire?
USFS scores Seven Devils at the 69th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 509 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Seven Devils at the 68th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Seven Devils: 92.9% of its 509 buildings, versus 7.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Seven Devils ranks
There's little gap between Seven Devils's 69th national percentile and its 69th 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, Seven Devils ranks 9,779 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,195 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 240 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seven Devils
At the 69th percentile nationally, Seven Devils carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Seven Devils (92.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 509 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seven Devils. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Seven Devils, see the exposure-zones guide.