Escobares, TX
How exposed is Escobares to wildfire?
USFS scores Escobares at the 90th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,131 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 Escobares at the 90th percentile, close to its 90th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Escobares (82.5% of 1,131 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Escobares against the rest of the country
Escobares's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (85th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (90th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Escobares ranks 3,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,077 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 277 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Escobares
At the 90th percentile nationally, Escobares carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Escobares (82.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Escobares. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Escobares, see the exposure-zones guide.