Pomona Park, FL
How exposed is Pomona Park to wildfire?
Pomona Park's 640 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pomona Park at the 86th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pomona Park's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Pomona Park's 640 counted buildings, 90.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Pomona Park compares
Pomona Park ranks lower within Florida (67th percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pomona Park ranks 4,570 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 321 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Pomona Park and the insurance market
Pomona Park's very high rating (86th 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 Pomona Park
Pomona Park's 90.6% 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.
Where Pomona Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pomona Park's 4,570-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pomona Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.