North Lauderdale, FL
North Lauderdale, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Lauderdale sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 7,765 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Lauderdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 66th percentile nationally.
North Lauderdale's building exposure, zone by zone
97% of North Lauderdale's 7,765 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 7,765 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
North Lauderdale against the rest of the country
Inside Florida, North Lauderdale sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 59th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Lauderdale ranks 12,851 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,192 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 830 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
North Lauderdale and the insurance market
North Lauderdale's elevated wildfire rating (59th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 97% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Lauderdale gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where North Lauderdale's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,765 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Lauderdale. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Lauderdale's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.