Varnamtown, NC
How exposed is Varnamtown to wildfire?
USFS scores Varnamtown at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 400 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Varnamtown at the 83rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Varnamtown's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 79% of Varnamtown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 316 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Varnamtown against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Varnamtown's 87th national percentile and its 96th percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Varnamtown ranks 4,071 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 29 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Varnamtown
Varnamtown's very high rating (87th 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
Varnamtown's 79% 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
Varnamtown's 87th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Varnamtown, see the exposure-zones guide.