Barstow, TX
Barstow, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Barstow at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 336 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Barstow at the 66th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
336 buildings are counted in Barstow, and 74.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Barstow against the rest of the country
Barstow's 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barstow ranks 10,225 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,688 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,338 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Barstow and the insurance market
At the 68th percentile nationally, Barstow carries the 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Barstow (74.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Barstow's 68th-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 Barstow, see the exposure-zones guide.