Hudson, FL
How exposed is Hudson to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hudson lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 7,718 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hudson at the 83rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
7,718 buildings are counted in Hudson, and 52.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3.8% in Direct exposure or the 43.7% rated Minimal. At 7,718 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Hudson against the rest of the country
Hudson's 87th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 70th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hudson ranks 4,156 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,207 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 283 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Hudson and the insurance market
Hudson's very high rating (87th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Hudson
Hudson's 52.5% 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.
Where Hudson's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hudson's 4,156-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hudson's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.