Westview, FL
How exposed is Westview to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Westview lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,819 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Westview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Westview's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 6.9% of Westview's 2,819 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 93.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Westview against the rest of the country
Westview ranks lower within Florida (10th percentile statewide) than its 56th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westview ranks 13,700 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,726 by building count (1 is largest). Within Florida alone, it ranks 861 of 955 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Florida on its state page.
Westview and the insurance market
Westview's elevated wildfire rating (56th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Westview's 93.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,819 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westview. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Westview, see the exposure-zones guide.