Evant, TX
Evant wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Evant at the 91st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 339 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Evant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 90th percentile nationally.
Evant's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Evant's buildings (56.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Evant ranks
Evant's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (86th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (91st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Evant ranks 2,845 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,608 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 243 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Evant and the insurance market
Evant's very high rating (91st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Evant's 56.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 339 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Evant. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Evant, see the exposure-zones guide.