Giddings, TX
Giddings, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Giddings sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,789 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Giddings at the 70th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,789 buildings are counted in Giddings, and 79.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 20.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Giddings compares
Inside Texas, Giddings sits at just the 30th percentile even though it scores 69th 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, Giddings ranks 9,654 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,787 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,262 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Giddings
Giddings's high rating (69th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Giddings's 79.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,789 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Giddings. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Giddings, see the exposure-zones guide.