De Leon Springs, FL
De Leon Springs, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores De Leon Springs at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,232 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts De Leon Springs at the 94th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
De Leon Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in De Leon Springs: 91.6% of its 1,232 buildings, versus 8.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How De Leon Springs compares
There's little gap between De Leon Springs's 95th national percentile and its 92nd percentile inside Florida, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, De Leon Springs ranks 1,630 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,458 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 75 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 95th percentile nationally, De Leon Springs 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.
Hardening a home in De Leon Springs
With 91.6% of De Leon Springs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where De Leon Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind De Leon Springs's 1,630-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what De Leon Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.