Pahokee, FL
Pahokee wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pahokee at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,849 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pahokee's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Pahokee's building exposure, zone by zone
70.3% of Pahokee's 1,849 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 29.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Pahokee compares
Pahokee ranks lower within Florida (5th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pahokee ranks 15,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,914 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 912 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pahokee
Pahokee's elevated wildfire rating (51st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Pahokee's 70.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Pahokee's figures come from
Pahokee's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pahokee's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.