Freer, TX
Freer wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Freer at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,945 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Freer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Where Freer's buildings actually sit
86.5% of Freer's 1,945 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 13.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Freer ranks
Freer ranks lower within Texas (48th percentile statewide) than its 76th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Freer ranks 7,701 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,633 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 933 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Freer
Freer's 76th-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.
Hardening a home in Freer
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Freer (86.5% 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
Freer's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Freer, see the exposure-zones guide.