Belle Glade, FL
How exposed is Belle Glade to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Belle Glade lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 4,647 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belle Glade at the 71st national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Belle Glade rates 74.4% Minimal exposure against just 25.5% Direct and 0.2% Indirect — of 4,647 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Belle Glade against the rest of the country
Belle Glade ranks lower within Florida (44th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belle Glade ranks 6,766 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,659 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 531 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Belle Glade and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Belle Glade 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
With 74.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Belle Glade gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Belle Glade's 6,766-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Belle Glade, see the exposure-zones guide.