Yadkin College, NC
How exposed is Yadkin College to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Yadkin College at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 354 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Yadkin College at the 56th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Yadkin College's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 94.6% of Yadkin College's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 5.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 335 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Yadkin College against the rest of the country
Yadkin College scores 53rd nationally and 46th 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, Yadkin College ranks 14,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,220 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 415 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Yadkin College and the insurance market
Yadkin College's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 94.6% of Yadkin College in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 354 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Yadkin College. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Yadkin College, see the exposure-zones guide.