Sunset, FL
Sunset wildfire risk explained
Sunset's 5,453 buildings earn a 60th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sunset's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
Where Sunset's buildings actually sit
Sunset rates 90.3% Minimal exposure against just 9.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 5,453 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 5,453 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Sunset against the rest of the country
Sunset ranks lower within Florida (14th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sunset ranks 12,692 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 822 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sunset
Sunset's elevated rating (60th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Sunset's 90.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Sunset's figures come from
Sunset's 60th-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 Sunset's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.