Vann Crossroads, NC
Vann Crossroads, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vann Crossroads lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 356 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Vann Crossroads at the 56th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Vann Crossroads's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 67.4% of Vann Crossroads's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 240 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Vann Crossroads against the rest of the country
Vann Crossroads's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (56th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vann Crossroads ranks 13,876 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 355 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Vann Crossroads and the insurance market
Vann Crossroads's elevated wildfire rating (56th 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 67.4% of Vann Crossroads 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 356 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vann Crossroads. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Vann Crossroads, see the exposure-zones guide.