East Tawakoni, TX
How exposed is East Tawakoni to wildfire?
East Tawakoni sits at the 72nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 542 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Tawakoni at the 73rd percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Where East Tawakoni's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 78.4% of East Tawakoni's 542 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.8% Direct and 11.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
East Tawakoni against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, East Tawakoni sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 72nd 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, East Tawakoni ranks 8,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,690 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,135 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
East Tawakoni and the insurance market
At the 72nd percentile nationally, East Tawakoni 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.
Hardening a home in East Tawakoni
East Tawakoni's 78.4% 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.
Where East Tawakoni's figures come from
East Tawakoni's 72nd-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 East Tawakoni's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.