Rockledge, FL
Rockledge, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rockledge's 10,902 buildings earn a 99th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rockledge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
Where Rockledge's buildings actually sit
Only 12% of Rockledge's 10,902 buildings carry Direct exposure and 10.5% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 10,902 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Rockledge against the rest of the country
Rockledge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Florida (99th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockledge ranks 415 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 12 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rockledge
At the 99th percentile nationally, Rockledge carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Rockledge
With 77.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rockledge gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rockledge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 10,902 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rockledge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockledge's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.