Sneads Ferry, NC
Sneads Ferry, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sneads Ferry sits at the 77th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,181 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sneads Ferry at the 73rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sneads Ferry's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Sneads Ferry's 2,181 counted buildings, 70.2% carry Direct exposure and only 18.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Sneads Ferry ranks
There's little gap between Sneads Ferry's 77th national percentile and its 80th 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, Sneads Ferry ranks 7,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,988 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 158 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Sneads Ferry and the insurance market
At the 77th percentile nationally, Sneads Ferry 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
Sneads Ferry's 70.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Sneads Ferry's 77th-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 Sneads Ferry, see the exposure-zones guide.