Old Miakka, FL
Old Miakka wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Old Miakka at the 95th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,387 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 Old Miakka at the 96th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
Old Miakka's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Old Miakka: 100% of its 1,387 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Old Miakka compares
Old Miakka's risk sits at a similar level relative to Florida (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Old Miakka ranks 1,507 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 66 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Old Miakka and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, Old Miakka 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 Old Miakka
Because Direct exposure dominates in Old Miakka (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,387 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Old Miakka. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Old Miakka, see the exposure-zones guide.