Thonotosassa, FL
How exposed is Thonotosassa to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Thonotosassa at the 87th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 7,320 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Thonotosassa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Where Thonotosassa's buildings actually sit
7,320 buildings are counted in Thonotosassa, and 76.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal. At 7,320 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Thonotosassa against the rest of the country
Inside Florida, Thonotosassa sits at just the 72nd percentile even though it scores 87th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Thonotosassa ranks 4,031 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 265 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Thonotosassa and the insurance market
Thonotosassa's very high rating (87th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 76.1% of Thonotosassa in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Thonotosassa's figures come from
Thonotosassa's 87th-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 Thonotosassa's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.