Highland Park, FL
Highland Park, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Highland Park lands at the 85th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 104 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Highland Park at the 88th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Highland Park's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Highland Park: 81.7% of its 104 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 18.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Highland Park compares
Highland Park's 85th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Highland Park ranks 4,594 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,836 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 322 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Highland Park
At the 85th percentile nationally, Highland Park 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 Highland Park
With 81.7% of Highland Park 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
Highland Park's 85th-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 Highland Park, see the exposure-zones guide.