Buffalo Gap, TX
How exposed is Buffalo Gap to wildfire?
Buffalo Gap sits at the 87th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 445 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Buffalo Gap at the 87th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Buffalo Gap's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 61.1% of Buffalo Gap's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 38.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 272 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Buffalo Gap ranks
There's little gap between Buffalo Gap's 87th national percentile and its 79th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buffalo Gap ranks 3,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,370 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 379 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Buffalo Gap and the insurance market
Buffalo Gap's 87th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Buffalo Gap
With 61.1% of Buffalo Gap 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 Buffalo Gap's figures come from
Buffalo Gap's 87th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Buffalo Gap's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.