Eglin AFB, FL
How exposed is Eglin AFB to wildfire?
Eglin AFB's 958 buildings earn a 74th-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 Eglin AFB at the 73rd percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Eglin AFB (72% of 958 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Eglin AFB against the rest of the country
Eglin AFB's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 34th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eglin AFB ranks 8,182 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,239 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 630 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eglin AFB
Eglin AFB's high rating (74th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 72% of Eglin AFB's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Eglin AFB's 74th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Eglin AFB, see the exposure-zones guide.