Fort Pierce, FL
Fort Pierce, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fort Pierce's 14,610 buildings earn a 81st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fort Pierce at the 81st percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
Where Fort Pierce's buildings actually sit
76.2% of Fort Pierce's 14,610 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 14,610 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Fort Pierce against the rest of the country
Fort Pierce's 81st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 52nd ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Pierce ranks 5,918 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,022 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 462 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Pierce
At the 81st percentile nationally, Fort Pierce carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 76.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fort Pierce 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 14,610 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fort Pierce. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Fort Pierce, see the exposure-zones guide.