Bangs, TX
Bangs, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bangs at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,052 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bangs at the 92nd percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
Where Bangs's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Bangs: 71.1% of its 1,052 buildings, versus 28.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Bangs compares
Bangs scores 93rd nationally and 91st within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bangs ranks 2,308 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,584 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 166 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bangs
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Bangs 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
With 71.1% of Bangs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Bangs's figures come from
Bangs's 93rd-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 Bangs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.