Vander, NC
Vander, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Vander at the 75th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 848 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vander's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
Where Vander's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 86.6% of Vander's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 13.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 734 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Vander against the rest of the country
Vander scores 75th nationally and 77th 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, Vander ranks 7,951 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,181 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 182 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Vander
Vander's high rating (75th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Vander's 86.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vander's 7,951-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Vander, see the exposure-zones guide.