Bunnlevel, NC
How exposed is Bunnlevel to wildfire?
Bunnlevel's 443 buildings earn a 70th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bunnlevel at the 70th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bunnlevel's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 80.6% of Bunnlevel's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 19.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 357 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Bunnlevel against the rest of the country
Bunnlevel's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (70th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (70th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bunnlevel ranks 9,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,403 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 230 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Bunnlevel and the insurance market
Bunnlevel'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 Bunnlevel
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bunnlevel (80.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bunnlevel's 9,393-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bunnlevel, see the exposure-zones guide.