Brookside Village, TX
How exposed is Brookside Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brookside Village lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,082 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brookside Village at the 56th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Brookside Village's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Brookside Village's 1,082 counted buildings, 51.9% carry Direct exposure and only 48.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Brookside Village ranks
Brookside Village ranks lower within Texas (8th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brookside Village ranks 14,857 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,400 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,649 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brookside Village
Brookside Village's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.9% of Brookside Village 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 Brookside Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,082 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brookside Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brookside Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.