Briggs, TX
How exposed is Briggs to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Briggs lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 123 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Briggs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 90th percentile nationally.
Where Briggs's buildings actually sit
123 buildings are counted in Briggs, and 91.9% 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.
How Briggs compares
There's little gap between Briggs's 91st national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Briggs ranks 2,782 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 234 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Briggs
At the 91st percentile nationally, Briggs 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Briggs (91.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Briggs's 91st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Briggs, see the exposure-zones guide.