SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
each pixel, the number of times that cell was burned by a modeled fire, divided by the total number of annual weather scenarios simulated. The simulations are calibrated to historical fire size distributions. The Burn Probability for Wake County is presented in Table 4.84 and illustrated in Fig. Table 4.84 – Burn Probability, Wake County
Class
Acres
Percent
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
146,796 125,323 59,446 25,400
39.8 % 34.0 % 16.1 %
6.9 % 3.2 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 %
11,763
0 0 0 0 0
10
Total
368,728
100.0 %
Source: Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment
Wake County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2019
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