Brunswick, NC
How exposed is Brunswick to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brunswick lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 295 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brunswick's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
Brunswick's building exposure, zone by zone
295 buildings are counted in Brunswick, and 55.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Brunswick against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Brunswick's 75th national percentile and its 78th 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, Brunswick ranks 7,762 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,764 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 174 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brunswick
At the 75th percentile nationally, Brunswick 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 55.6% of Brunswick 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
Brunswick's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brunswick, see the exposure-zones guide.