Auburndale, FL
Auburndale wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Auburndale at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 6,884 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Auburndale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Auburndale's buildings actually sit
75.5% of Auburndale's 6,884 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 19.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 6,884 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Auburndale ranks
Auburndale scores 93rd nationally and 87th within Florida — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Auburndale ranks 2,288 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,512 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 125 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Auburndale
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Auburndale carries the very 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
With 75.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Auburndale gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Auburndale's figures come from
Auburndale's 93rd-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 Auburndale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.