Fritch, TX
How exposed is Fritch to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fritch lands at the 100th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,517 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fritch's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 100th percentile nationally.
Fritch's building exposure, zone by zone
1,517 buildings are counted in Fritch, and 88.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 11.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Fritch ranks
Fritch scores 100th nationally and 100th within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fritch ranks 168 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 3 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fritch
Fritch's very high rating (100th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Fritch
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fritch (88.9% 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 1,517 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fritch. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fritch, see the exposure-zones guide.