Bronson, FL
Bronson wildfire risk explained
Bronson sits at the 83rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 732 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bronson at the 82nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bronson's buildings actually sit
78% of Bronson's 732 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 571 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 22% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Bronson compares
Bronson's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bronson ranks 5,476 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,304 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 420 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Bronson's very high rating (83rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 78% of Bronson 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bronson's 5,476-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bronson, see the exposure-zones guide.