Burton, TX
Burton, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Burton lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 335 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burton at the 65th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Where Burton's buildings actually sit
335 buildings are counted in Burton, and 54% 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 Burton compares
Burton's 65th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 44 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burton ranks 11,015 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,709 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,413 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Burton and the insurance market
Burton's 65th-percentile, 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Burton (54%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Burton, see the exposure-zones guide.