Anson, TX
Anson wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Anson at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,658 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Anson at the 80th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 25.8% of Anson's 1,658 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.1% carry Indirect; the remaining 74.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Anson against the rest of the country
Anson's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anson ranks 5,496 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 575 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Anson and the insurance market
Anson's very high rating (83rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 74.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Anson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Anson's figures come from
Anson's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Anson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.