Brogden, NC
Brogden wildfire risk explained
Brogden's 1,335 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brogden at the 49th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brogden's buildings actually sit
85.4% of Brogden's 1,335 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,140 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 14.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Brogden against the rest of the country
Brogden scores 50th nationally and 39th within North Carolina — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brogden ranks 15,636 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,910 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 468 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 50th national percentile, Brogden rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 85.4% of Brogden 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brogden. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brogden, see the exposure-zones guide.