Viera West, FL
Viera West, FL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Viera West's 4,691 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Viera West's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Where Viera West's buildings actually sit
4,691 buildings are counted in Viera West, and 86.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3.1% in Direct exposure or the 10.3% rated Minimal.
Viera West against the rest of the country
Viera West scores 96th nationally and 95th within Florida — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Viera West ranks 1,255 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,628 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 51 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 96th percentile nationally, Viera West 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 86.6% of Viera West's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Viera West's 1,255-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Viera West, see the exposure-zones guide.