Redington Shores, FL
Redington Shores, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Redington Shores sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 898 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Redington Shores's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Redington Shores's buildings actually sit
Only 1% of Redington Shores's 898 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 99% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Redington Shores ranks
Redington Shores's 54th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 47 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redington Shores ranks 14,365 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,736 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 884 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Redington Shores and the insurance market
Redington Shores's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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.
Hardening a home in Redington Shores
Even with 99% of Redington Shores outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Redington Shores's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Redington Shores's 14,365-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redington Shores's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.