High Springs, FL
High Springs, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts High Springs at the 78th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,107 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts High Springs at the 79th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.5% of High Springs's 3,107 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,345 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where High Springs ranks
High Springs ranks lower within Florida (43rd percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, High Springs ranks 6,893 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,281 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 541 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
High Springs's 78th-percentile, 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 High Springs
With 75.5% of High Springs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,107 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for High Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond High Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.