Ector, TX
How exposed is Ector to wildfire?
Ector's 458 buildings earn a 74th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ector at the 74th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ector's building exposure, zone by zone
70.5% of Ector's 458 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 323 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Ector against the rest of the country
Ector ranks lower within Texas (44th percentile statewide) than its 74th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ector ranks 8,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,116 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,008 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 74th percentile nationally, Ector 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
With 70.5% of Ector in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ector's 8,143-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ector, see the exposure-zones guide.