Alto Bonito Heights, TX
Alto Bonito Heights wildfire risk explained
Alto Bonito Heights sits at the 93rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 121 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alto Bonito Heights at the 94th percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
Alto Bonito Heights's building exposure, zone by zone
77.7% of Alto Bonito Heights's 121 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Alto Bonito Heights against the rest of the country
Alto Bonito Heights's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (91st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alto Bonito Heights ranks 2,218 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,137 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 160 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Alto Bonito Heights and the insurance market
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Alto Bonito Heights carries the very 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 Alto Bonito Heights
Because 77.7% of Alto Bonito Heights's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Alto Bonito Heights's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Alto Bonito Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.