Westport, NC
How exposed is Westport to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Westport at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,403 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Westport at the 52nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 59.3% of Westport's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 12.6% Indirect share and far above its 28.1% Minimal share — a profile where 1,426 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Westport compares
Westport scores 49th nationally and 35th within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westport ranks 16,013 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,504 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 500 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Westport and the insurance market
Westport's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Westport
Because Direct exposure dominates in Westport (59.3%), 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
Westport's 49th-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 Westport, see the exposure-zones guide.