Wadesboro, NC
Wadesboro, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wadesboro sits at the 64th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,956 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wadesboro at the 65th percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Wadesboro's building exposure, zone by zone
2,956 buildings are counted in Wadesboro, and 63.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Wadesboro ranks
There's little gap between Wadesboro's 64th national percentile and its 62nd 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, Wadesboro ranks 11,481 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,505 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 291 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wadesboro
Wadesboro's high rating (64th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.3% of Wadesboro 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 2,956 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wadesboro. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wadesboro, see the exposure-zones guide.