Dime Box, TX
Dime Box, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dime Box lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 258 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dime Box at the 71st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dime Box's buildings actually sit
258 buildings are counted in Dime Box, and 69% 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 Dime Box ranks
Inside Texas, Dime Box sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 69th 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, Dime Box ranks 9,687 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,902 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,267 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Dime Box and the insurance market
At the 69th percentile nationally, Dime Box 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dime Box (69%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Dime Box's figures come from
Dime Box's 69th-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 Dime Box's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.