Bledsoe, TX
How exposed is Bledsoe to wildfire?
Bledsoe's 136 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bledsoe's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 77.9% of Bledsoe's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 22.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 106 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Bledsoe against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Bledsoe's 95th national percentile and its 94th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bledsoe ranks 1,745 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 105 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Bledsoe and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, Bledsoe 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
Bledsoe's 77.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 136 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bledsoe. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bledsoe, see the exposure-zones guide.