Frankston, TX
Frankston wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Frankston lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 725 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frankston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
725 buildings are counted in Frankston, and 67.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Frankston against the rest of the country
Frankston ranks lower within Texas (60th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frankston ranks 6,503 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,398 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 724 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frankston
Frankston's 79th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Frankston (67.2% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Frankston's 6,503-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Frankston, see the exposure-zones guide.