Frisco, TX
Frisco wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Frisco at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 59,910 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frisco's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Frisco's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 5.4% of Frisco's 59,910 buildings carry Direct exposure and 27.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 66.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 59,910 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Frisco compares
Frisco ranks lower within Texas (12th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frisco ranks 13,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,584 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frisco
At the 58th national percentile, Frisco rates elevated 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 Frisco
Even with 66.8% of Frisco outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Frisco's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 59,910 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Frisco. The exposure-zones guide covers what Frisco's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.