Port Orange, FL
How exposed is Port Orange to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Port Orange lands at the 88th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 27,562 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Orange's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Where Port Orange's buildings actually sit
Port Orange rates 58.8% Minimal exposure against just 18.1% Direct and 23.1% Indirect — of 27,562 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 27,562 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Port Orange ranks
Port Orange scores 88th nationally and 76th within Florida — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Orange ranks 3,718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 444 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 232 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
Port Orange's very high rating (88th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 58.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Port Orange gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Port Orange's figures come from
Port Orange's 88th-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 Port Orange's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.