Bynum, TX
How exposed is Bynum to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bynum at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 136 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bynum at the 56th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
Bynum's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 23.5% of Bynum's 136 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 76.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Bynum compares
Bynum's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 13th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 46 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bynum ranks 12,935 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,469 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,565 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bynum
At the 59th national percentile, Bynum rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bynum
Bynum's 76.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Bynum's figures come from
Bynum's 59th-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 Bynum's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.