Pineland, FL
Pineland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pineland lands at the 85th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 417 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pineland at the 86th percentile, close to its 85th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
417 buildings are counted in Pineland, and 65% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.5% rated Minimal.
Where Pineland ranks
Pineland ranks lower within Florida (65th percentile statewide) than its 85th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pineland ranks 4,666 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,872 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 335 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
Pineland's very high rating (85th 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 Pineland
Pineland's 65% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pineland's 4,666-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pineland, see the exposure-zones guide.