Wrightsboro, NC
Wrightsboro wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wrightsboro at the 80th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,142 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wrightsboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
Wrightsboro's building exposure, zone by zone
3,142 buildings are counted in Wrightsboro, and 74.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1% rated Minimal.
How Wrightsboro compares
Wrightsboro's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (85th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (80th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wrightsboro ranks 6,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,238 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 121 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wrightsboro
Wrightsboro's high rating (80th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Wrightsboro (74.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Wrightsboro's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wrightsboro. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wrightsboro's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.