East Bronson, FL
How exposed is East Bronson to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Bronson at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,150 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 East Bronson at the 73rd percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,150 buildings are counted in East Bronson, and 92.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 4.3% rated Minimal.
East Bronson against the rest of the country
East Bronson's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 34th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Bronson ranks 8,278 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,957 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 635 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
At the 74th percentile nationally, East Bronson 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in East Bronson (92.7%), 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 East Bronson's 8,278-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond East Bronson, see the exposure-zones guide.