Dilley, TX
Dilley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dilley at the 80th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,571 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dilley at the 80th percentile, close to its 80th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,571 buildings are counted in Dilley, and 80.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16.4% in Direct exposure or the 3.4% rated Minimal.
Where Dilley ranks
Dilley's 80th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 62nd ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dilley ranks 6,252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,882 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 691 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
At the 80th percentile nationally, Dilley carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Dilley
Dilley's 80.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Dilley's 80th-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 Dilley, see the exposure-zones guide.