Allentown, FL
How exposed is Allentown to wildfire?
Allentown 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 930 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Allentown at the 83rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Allentown's building exposure, zone by zone
930 buildings are counted in Allentown, and 84.6% 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.
Where Allentown ranks
Inside Florida, Allentown sits at just the 56th percentile even though it scores 83rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Allentown ranks 5,475 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,470 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 419 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Allentown and the insurance market
Allentown'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.
Hardening a home in Allentown
Allentown's 84.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Allentown's figures come from
Allentown's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Allentown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.