Fort Pierce North, FL
How exposed is Fort Pierce North to wildfire?
Fort Pierce North sits at the 80th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,994 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Pierce North at the 81st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fort Pierce North's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 38.4% of Fort Pierce North's 2,994 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 24.1% Direct and 37.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Fort Pierce North compares
Fort Pierce North's 80th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 49th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Pierce North ranks 6,203 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,446 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 485 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Pierce North
At the 80th percentile nationally, Fort Pierce North 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.
Hardening a home in Fort Pierce North
Fort Pierce North's 38.4% 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
Fort Pierce North's 80th-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 Fort Pierce North, see the exposure-zones guide.