Clarcona, FL
How exposed is Clarcona to wildfire?
Clarcona sits at the 77th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,300 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clarcona at the 78th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 67.7% of Clarcona's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.5% Indirect share and far above its 10.9% Minimal share — a profile where 880 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Clarcona ranks
Clarcona's 77th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 36 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarcona ranks 7,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,075 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 570 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clarcona
Clarcona's 77th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Clarcona
Because Direct exposure dominates in Clarcona (67.7%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,300 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clarcona. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clarcona, see the exposure-zones guide.