Bridgeton, MO
Bridgeton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bridgeton at the 31st national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 5,093 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bridgeton at the 34th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bridgeton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Bridgeton's buildings (93.7% of 5,093) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 5,093 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Bridgeton compares
Bridgeton ranks lower within Missouri (9th percentile statewide) than its 31st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeton ranks 21,905 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,384 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 962 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Bridgeton and the insurance market
Bridgeton's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 93.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bridgeton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bridgeton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,093 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bridgeton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bridgeton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.