Deport, TX
Deport wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Deport at the 77th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 425 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Deport at the 80th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Deport's buildings actually sit
425 buildings are counted in Deport, and 58.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Deport ranks
Deport ranks lower within Texas (54th percentile statewide) than its 77th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deport ranks 7,164 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,750 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 834 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Deport and the insurance market
Deport's high rating (77th 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 Deport
Deport's 58.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
Deport's 77th-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 Deport, see the exposure-zones guide.