Stokesdale, NC
Stokesdale, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Stokesdale's 3,121 buildings earn a 27th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stokesdale at the 29th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Where Stokesdale's buildings actually sit
92% of Stokesdale's 3,121 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,870 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Stokesdale against the rest of the country
Stokesdale's 27th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 1st ranking inside North Carolina does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stokesdale ranks 22,946 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,265 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 763 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Stokesdale's moderate wildfire rating (27th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92% of Stokesdale 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.
Where Stokesdale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stokesdale's 22,946-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stokesdale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.