Washington Park, NC
Washington Park, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Washington Park's 248 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Washington Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Washington Park's 248 counted buildings, 70.2% carry Direct exposure and only 25.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Washington Park against the rest of the country
Washington Park ranks lower within North Carolina (25th percentile statewide) than its 45th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washington Park ranks 17,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 580 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Washington Park and the insurance market
At the 45th national percentile, Washington Park rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Washington Park (70.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Washington Park's 17,342-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Washington Park, see the exposure-zones guide.