Conroe, TX
Conroe wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Conroe at the 63rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 29,953 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Conroe's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Conroe's buildings (43.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 29,953 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Conroe ranks
Conroe's 63rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 19th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 45 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conroe ranks 11,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 386 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,462 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Conroe
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Conroe carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Conroe's 43.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Conroe's 63rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Conroe, see the exposure-zones guide.