Citrus Hills, FL
Citrus Hills wildfire risk explained
Citrus Hills's 4,583 buildings earn a 78th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Citrus Hills at the 75th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Where Citrus Hills's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 58.5% of Citrus Hills's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 22.3% Indirect share and far above its 19.2% Minimal share — a profile where 2,683 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Citrus Hills ranks
Inside Florida, Citrus Hills sits at just the 43rd percentile even though it scores 78th 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, Citrus Hills ranks 6,962 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 545 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Citrus Hills and the insurance market
At the 78th percentile nationally, Citrus Hills 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.
Hardening a home in Citrus Hills
Citrus Hills's 58.5% 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 Citrus Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Citrus Hills's 6,962-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Citrus Hills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.