Fabens, TX
Fabens wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fabens lands at the 27th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,995 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 Fabens at the 25th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.1% of Fabens's 2,995 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 10.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Fabens ranks
Fabens's 27th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fabens ranks 23,177 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,444 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,760 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fabens
At the 27th national percentile, Fabens rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Fabens
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fabens (89.1% 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 2,995 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fabens. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fabens, see the exposure-zones guide.