Asherton, TX
Asherton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Asherton lands at the 81st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 717 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Asherton at the 79th percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
Where Asherton's buildings actually sit
90.1% of Asherton's 717 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 9.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Asherton compares
Inside Texas, Asherton sits at just the 64th percentile even though it scores 81st 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, Asherton ranks 5,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,499 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 641 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Asherton and the insurance market
At the 81st percentile nationally, Asherton 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 90.1% of Asherton'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.
Where Asherton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Asherton's 5,908-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Asherton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.