Bradley Junction, FL
How exposed is Bradley Junction to wildfire?
USFS scores Bradley Junction at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 332 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bradley Junction at the 99th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bradley Junction's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Bradley Junction: 66.6% of its 332 buildings, versus 33.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bradley Junction ranks
There's little gap between Bradley Junction's 99th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside Florida, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bradley Junction ranks 287 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,750 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 8 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Bradley Junction and the insurance market
At the 99th percentile nationally, Bradley Junction carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Bradley Junction
With 66.6% of Bradley Junction 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.
Where Bradley Junction's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 332 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bradley Junction. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bradley Junction's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.