Villas, FL
How exposed is Villas to wildfire?
USFS scores Villas at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 3,502 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Villas's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Where Villas's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 89.5% of Villas's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.2% Direct and 1.3% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Villas compares
Villas's 78th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 43rd ranking inside Florida does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 35 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Villas ranks 6,992 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,769 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 549 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Villas
At the 78th percentile nationally, Villas carries the 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 Villas
Villas's 89.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,502 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Villas. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Villas, see the exposure-zones guide.