Brunson, SC
How exposed is Brunson to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brunson at the 71st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 358 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brunson at the 70th percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Brunson's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Brunson's buildings (58.7%) 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.
Brunson against the rest of the country
Brunson scores 71st nationally and 62nd within South 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, Brunson ranks 9,150 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,113 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Carolina alone, it ranks 181 of 474 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Carolina on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 71st percentile nationally, Brunson carries the 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 Brunson
Because 58.7% of Brunson's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Brunson's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brunson's 9,150-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brunson's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.