Satellite Beach, FL
Satellite Beach wildfire risk explained
Satellite Beach's 4,282 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Satellite Beach at the 60th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Satellite Beach's building exposure, zone by zone
Satellite Beach rates 98.6% Minimal exposure against just 1.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 4,282 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Satellite Beach ranks
Satellite Beach ranks lower within Florida (10th percentile statewide) than its 57th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Satellite Beach ranks 13,639 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 859 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Satellite Beach
Satellite Beach's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Satellite Beach
With 98.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Satellite Beach gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Satellite Beach's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Satellite Beach's 13,639-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Satellite Beach's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.