Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, TX
Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 752 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz at the 76th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
752 buildings are counted in Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, and 57.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.5% in Direct exposure or the 3.3% rated Minimal.
Where Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz ranks
Inside Texas, Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz sits at just the 44th percentile even though it scores 74th 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, Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz ranks 8,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,108 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,002 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz 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 Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz (57.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz's figures come from
Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz's 74th-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 Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.