Bridgeton, NC
Bridgeton, NC's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bridgeton sits at the 70th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 330 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bridgeton at the 65th national percentile — 5 points below 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 (82.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Bridgeton compares
There's little gap between Bridgeton's 70th national percentile and its 69th percentile inside North Carolina, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeton ranks 9,554 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,828 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 236 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Bridgeton and the insurance market
Bridgeton's high rating (70th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Bridgeton
Bridgeton's 82.1% 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.
Where Bridgeton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 330 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bridgeton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bridgeton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.