LaBelle, FL
LaBelle wildfire risk explained
USFS scores LaBelle at the 88th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,212 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts LaBelle at the 90th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
LaBelle's building exposure, zone by zone
46.2% of LaBelle's 2,212 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 36.9% Direct and 16.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
LaBelle against the rest of the country
LaBelle scores 88th nationally and 73rd within Florida — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, LaBelle ranks 3,931 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 255 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in LaBelle
LaBelle's very high rating (88th 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 LaBelle
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in LaBelle (46.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind LaBelle's 3,931-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond LaBelle, see the exposure-zones guide.