Englewood, FL
Englewood wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Englewood at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 14,681 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Englewood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67% of Englewood's 14,681 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.4% Direct and 18.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 14,681 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Englewood compares
Englewood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Florida (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Englewood ranks 1,666 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,012 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 76 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Englewood
Englewood's very high rating (95th 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.
Hardening a home in Englewood
Englewood's 67% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 14,681 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Englewood. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Englewood, see the exposure-zones guide.