Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Lauderdale Lakes wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lauderdale Lakes at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 5,176 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 Lauderdale Lakes at the 64th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Lauderdale Lakes's buildings actually sit
Only 1% of Lauderdale Lakes's 5,176 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 99% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 5,176 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Lauderdale Lakes against the rest of the country
Lauderdale Lakes ranks lower within Florida (12th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lauderdale Lakes ranks 13,136 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,326 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 839 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 58th national percentile, Lauderdale Lakes rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lauderdale Lakes gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lauderdale Lakes's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,176 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lauderdale Lakes. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lauderdale Lakes's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.