Viera East, FL
How exposed is Viera East to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Viera East lands at the 83rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 4,579 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Viera East at the 83rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Viera East's building exposure, zone by zone
80.1% of Viera East's 4,579 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Viera East against the rest of the country
Viera East's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 58th ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Viera East ranks 5,355 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,724 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 406 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Viera East 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 Viera East
Viera East's 80.1% 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 Viera East's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Viera East's 5,355-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Viera East's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.