Coldspring, TX
Coldspring wildfire risk explained
Coldspring's 617 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coldspring at the 72nd percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Coldspring's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Coldspring's 617 counted buildings, 54.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Coldspring compares
Inside Texas, Coldspring sits at just the 35th percentile even though it scores 71st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coldspring ranks 9,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,176 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coldspring
Coldspring's high rating (71st 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.
Hardening a home in Coldspring
Coldspring's 54.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Coldspring's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 617 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Coldspring. The exposure-zones guide covers what Coldspring's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.