Aldine, TX
How exposed is Aldine to wildfire?
Aldine sits at the 50th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 8,511 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Aldine's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Where Aldine's buildings actually sit
Most of Aldine's buildings (96.3% of 8,511) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 8,511 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Aldine ranks
Aldine ranks lower within Texas (6th percentile statewide) than its 50th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aldine ranks 15,835 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,952 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,685 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Aldine and the insurance market
Aldine's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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
Even with 96.3% of Aldine outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Aldine's 15,835-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Aldine, see the exposure-zones guide.