Castle Hills, TX
Castle Hills, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Castle Hills lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,215 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castle Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Castle Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 25.5% of Castle Hills's 2,215 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 74.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Castle Hills against the rest of the country
Castle Hills ranks lower within Texas (8th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle Hills ranks 14,890 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,896 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,650 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Castle Hills and the insurance market
Castle Hills's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Castle Hills
Castle Hills's 74.5% 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 Castle Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Castle Hills's 14,890-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Castle Hills's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.