DeLand Southwest, FL
DeLand Southwest, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
DeLand Southwest sits at the 70th 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 521 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts DeLand Southwest at the 73rd percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
DeLand Southwest's building exposure, zone by zone
Of DeLand Southwest's 521 counted buildings, 52.4% carry Direct exposure and only 47.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
DeLand Southwest against the rest of the country
Inside Florida, DeLand Southwest sits at just the 27th percentile even though it scores 70th 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, DeLand Southwest ranks 9,382 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 700 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
DeLand Southwest and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, DeLand Southwest 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 DeLand Southwest
DeLand Southwest's 52.4% 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 DeLand Southwest's figures come from
DeLand Southwest's 70th-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 DeLand Southwest's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.