Aledo, TX
Aledo wildfire risk explained
Aledo's 1,929 buildings earn a 87th-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, Aledo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Aledo's building exposure, zone by zone
71% of Aledo's 1,929 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 29% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Aledo ranks
There's little gap between Aledo's 87th national percentile and its 79th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aledo ranks 4,074 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,685 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 387 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Aledo and the insurance market
Aledo's very high rating (87th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Aledo
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Aledo (71% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,929 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aledo. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Aledo, see the exposure-zones guide.