Converse, TX
Converse, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Converse's 9,833 buildings earn a 64th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Converse's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 63rd percentile nationally.
Where Converse's buildings actually sit
46.2% of Converse's 9,833 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.1% Direct and 39.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 9,833 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Converse ranks
Inside Texas, Converse sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Converse ranks 11,453 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,647 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,451 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Converse and the insurance market
Converse's high rating (64th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Converse's 46.2% 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.
Where Converse's figures come from
Converse's 64th-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 Converse's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.