Winton, NC
Winton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Winton lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 485 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Winton at the 53rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Winton's buildings actually sit
50.1% of Winton's 485 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 243 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 49.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.6% are Minimal.
Where Winton ranks
Winton's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (45th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (52nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winton ranks 15,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 429 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
At the 52nd national percentile, Winton 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
Winton's 50.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Winton's 15,075-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Winton, see the exposure-zones guide.