Buda, TX
Buda, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buda sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,100 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Buda at the 71st percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Where Buda's buildings actually sit
72.7% of Buda's 6,100 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.3% Direct and 0.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 6,100 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Buda ranks
Buda's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 42nd ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buda ranks 8,268 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,839 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,035 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Buda and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Buda carries the 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
Because 72.7% of Buda'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 6,100 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buda. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Buda, see the exposure-zones guide.