Trenton, NC
How exposed is Trenton to wildfire?
USFS scores Trenton at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 235 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trenton at the 54th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Trenton's building exposure, zone by zone
56.6% of Trenton's 235 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Trenton ranks
Trenton scores 56th nationally and 54th within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 13,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,640 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 360 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Trenton and the insurance market
Trenton's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 56.6% of Trenton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Trenton's figures come from
Trenton's 56th-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 Trenton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.