Dodd City, TX
How exposed is Dodd City to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Dodd City at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 286 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dodd City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Where Dodd City's buildings actually sit
Of Dodd City's 286 counted buildings, 52.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Dodd City ranks
Dodd City ranks lower within Texas (50th percentile statewide) than its 76th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dodd City ranks 7,449 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,020 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 893 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dodd City
Dodd City's high rating (76th 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 Dodd City
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dodd City (52.1%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dodd City's 7,449-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dodd City, see the exposure-zones guide.