Gonzalez, FL
Gonzalez, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gonzalez's 7,519 buildings earn a 79th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gonzalez at the 82nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Gonzalez's buildings actually sit
Of Gonzalez's 7,519 counted buildings, 59.7% carry Direct exposure and only 8.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. At 7,519 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Gonzalez compares
Gonzalez ranks lower within Florida (44th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gonzalez ranks 6,767 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,275 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 532 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 79th percentile nationally, Gonzalez carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Gonzalez (59.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Gonzalez's 79th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gonzalez, see the exposure-zones guide.