Boys Ranch, TX
Boys Ranch wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Boys Ranch at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 136 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 Boys Ranch at the 94th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Where Boys Ranch's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Boys Ranch: 52.2% of its 136 buildings, versus 47.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Boys Ranch ranks
There's little gap between Boys Ranch's 94th national percentile and its 93rd percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boys Ranch ranks 1,994 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 127 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boys Ranch
Boys Ranch's very high rating (94th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 52.2% of Boys Ranch 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 Boys Ranch's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 136 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boys Ranch. The exposure-zones guide covers what Boys Ranch's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.