Clifton, TX
How exposed is Clifton to wildfire?
USFS scores Clifton at the 88th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,804 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clifton at the 87th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Clifton's building exposure, zone by zone
85.4% of Clifton's 1,804 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Clifton compares
There's little gap between Clifton's 88th national percentile and its 80th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clifton ranks 3,761 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 354 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Clifton and the insurance market
At the 88th percentile nationally, Clifton carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Clifton
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clifton (85.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Clifton's figures come from
Clifton's 88th-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 Clifton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.