Hallandale Beach, FL
Hallandale Beach, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hallandale Beach at the 56th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 5,938 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hallandale Beach at the 64th national percentile — 8 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hallandale Beach's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 0.8% of Hallandale Beach's 5,938 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 99.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 5,938 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Hallandale Beach against the rest of the country
Hallandale Beach ranks lower within Florida (10th percentile statewide) than its 56th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hallandale Beach ranks 13,764 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,902 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 862 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 56th national percentile, Hallandale Beach rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Hallandale Beach
Even with 99.2% of Hallandale Beach outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,938 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hallandale Beach. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hallandale Beach, see the exposure-zones guide.