Alton, TX
How exposed is Alton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Alton lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,768 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alton at the 80th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Alton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Alton's buildings (66.7% of 5,768) 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 5,768 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Alton against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Alton sits at just the 55th percentile even though it scores 78th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alton ranks 7,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 799 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Alton and the insurance market
Alton's high rating (78th 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 Alton
Even with 66.7% of Alton 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.
Where Alton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,768 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.