Benjamin Perez, TX
Benjamin Perez wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Benjamin Perez at the 91st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 15 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 Benjamin Perez at the 92nd percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
15 buildings are counted in Benjamin Perez, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal. This is a small settlement by building count — 15 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
Where Benjamin Perez ranks
There's little gap between Benjamin Perez's 91st national percentile and its 86th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Benjamin Perez ranks 2,937 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 262 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Benjamin Perez
Benjamin Perez's very high rating (91st 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 Benjamin Perez
With 100% of Benjamin Perez 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 Benjamin Perez's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 15 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Benjamin Perez. Small places like Benjamin Perez (15 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.