Delmita, TX
Delmita wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Delmita lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 189 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Delmita at the 93rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Delmita's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Delmita: 100% of its 189 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Delmita against the rest of the country
Delmita scores 92nd nationally and 89th within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delmita ranks 2,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,296 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 199 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Delmita's 92nd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Delmita
Because Direct exposure dominates in Delmita (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Delmita's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Delmita, see the exposure-zones guide.