Blessing, TX
How exposed is Blessing to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Blessing at the 73rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 552 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blessing at the 77th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.3% of Blessing's 552 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Blessing compares
Blessing ranks lower within Texas (40th percentile statewide) than its 73rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blessing ranks 8,456 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,547 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,075 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Blessing's high rating (73rd 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 Blessing
Because 57.3% of Blessing'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 552 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blessing. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Blessing, see the exposure-zones guide.