Florida Gulf Coast University, FL
Florida Gulf Coast University, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Florida Gulf Coast University's 142 buildings earn a 87th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Florida Gulf Coast University at the 87th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.7% of Florida Gulf Coast University's 142 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Florida Gulf Coast University compares
There's little gap between Florida Gulf Coast University's 87th national percentile and its 73rd percentile inside Florida, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Florida Gulf Coast University ranks 3,997 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,193 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 260 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Gulf Coast University's 87th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Florida Gulf Coast University
Because 93.7% of Florida Gulf Coast University'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.
Where Florida Gulf Coast University's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Florida Gulf Coast University. The exposure-zones guide covers what Florida Gulf Coast University's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.