Tallahassee, FL
How exposed is Tallahassee to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tallahassee at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 59,037 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tallahassee at the 75th percentile, close to its 77th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.3% of Tallahassee's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 20.1% Indirect share and far above its 26.6% Minimal share — a profile where 31,455 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. At 59,037 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Tallahassee compares
Tallahassee ranks lower within Florida (41st percentile statewide) than its 77th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tallahassee ranks 7,213 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 135 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 565 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tallahassee
Tallahassee's high rating (77th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tallahassee (53.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 59,037 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tallahassee. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tallahassee, see the exposure-zones guide.