Burkburnett, TX
Burkburnett wildfire risk explained
Burkburnett sits at the 91st 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 6,015 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Burkburnett at the 90th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Burkburnett rates 56.8% Minimal exposure against just 12.2% Direct and 31% Indirect — of 6,015 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 6,015 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Burkburnett against the rest of the country
Burkburnett scores 91st nationally and 85th within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burkburnett ranks 2,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,872 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 267 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Burkburnett and the insurance market
Burkburnett's very high rating (91st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 56.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Burkburnett gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Burkburnett's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,015 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burkburnett. The exposure-zones guide covers what Burkburnett's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.