South Rosemary, NC
South Rosemary, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
South Rosemary's 1,958 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Rosemary's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
South Rosemary's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 85.1% of South Rosemary's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 14.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,667 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where South Rosemary ranks
South Rosemary's 45th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Rosemary ranks 17,340 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,598 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 578 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Rosemary
South Rosemary's elevated wildfire rating (45th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in South Rosemary
South Rosemary's 85.1% 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
South Rosemary's 45th-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 South Rosemary, see the exposure-zones guide.