Wentworth, NC
Wentworth, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wentworth's 1,726 buildings earn a 30th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wentworth at the 31st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wentworth's buildings actually sit
1,726 buildings are counted in Wentworth, and 96.1% 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.
Wentworth against the rest of the country
Inside North Carolina, Wentworth sits at just the 2nd percentile even though it scores 30th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wentworth ranks 22,131 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 754 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Wentworth's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
Hardening a home in Wentworth
Wentworth's 96.1% 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.
Where Wentworth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,726 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wentworth. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wentworth's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.