West Perrine, FL
How exposed is West Perrine to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Perrine lands at the 71st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,757 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Perrine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
West Perrine rates 88.7% Minimal exposure against just 11.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,757 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How West Perrine compares
West Perrine ranks lower within Florida (29th percentile statewide) than its 71st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Perrine ranks 9,043 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,835 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 682 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
West Perrine's 71st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 88.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Perrine gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where West Perrine's figures come from
West Perrine's 71st-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 West Perrine's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.