Edom, TX
Edom, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Edom lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 245 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Edom at the 79th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Edom's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Edom's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 245 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Edom ranks
Edom's 78th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edom ranks 6,978 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 797 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edom
Edom's 78th-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
Edom's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Edom's figures come from
Edom's 78th-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 Edom's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.