Turkey, NC
How exposed is Turkey to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Turkey at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 176 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Turkey at the 55th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Turkey's buildings actually sit
Of Turkey's 176 counted buildings, 61.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Turkey compares
Turkey's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Turkey ranks 14,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,794 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 384 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
Turkey's elevated rating (55th 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
With 61.4% of Turkey 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 Turkey's figures come from
Turkey's 55th-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 Turkey's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.