Bermuda Run, NC
Bermuda Run, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bermuda Run at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,332 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bermuda Run at the 56th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bermuda Run's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bermuda Run (53.6% of 1,332 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Bermuda Run ranks
Bermuda Run's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (44th 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, Bermuda Run ranks 15,163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 436 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Bermuda Run and the insurance market
Bermuda Run's elevated rating (52nd 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 Bermuda Run
Bermuda Run's 53.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bermuda Run's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bermuda Run, see the exposure-zones guide.