Fort Hancock, TX
Fort Hancock wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Fort Hancock at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 927 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 Fort Hancock at the 26th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
53.5% of Fort Hancock's 927 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 496 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 46.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Fort Hancock ranks
Inside Texas, Fort Hancock sits at just the 2nd percentile even though it scores 24th 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, Fort Hancock ranks 24,126 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,504 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,766 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 24th national percentile, Fort Hancock rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 53.5% of Fort Hancock in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Fort Hancock's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Hancock's 24,126-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Hancock's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.