Ellenton, FL
Ellenton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ellenton lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,103 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ellenton at the 75th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 77.3% of Ellenton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 22.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Ellenton against the rest of the country
Ellenton'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, Ellenton ranks 8,219 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,182 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 631 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ellenton
Ellenton'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
With 77.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ellenton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,103 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ellenton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ellenton, see the exposure-zones guide.