Edgewood, TX
How exposed is Edgewood to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Edgewood lands at the 74th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 833 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edgewood at the 75th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
833 buildings are counted in Edgewood, and 57.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Edgewood ranks
Edgewood ranks lower within Texas (43rd 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, Edgewood ranks 8,204 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,023 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edgewood
Edgewood's 74th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Edgewood's 57.1% 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 Edgewood's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Edgewood's 8,204-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edgewood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.