Gladewater, TX
Gladewater, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gladewater's 3,557 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Gladewater at the 72nd percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Gladewater's building exposure, zone by zone
79.7% of Gladewater's 3,557 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 19.8% Direct and 0.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Gladewater ranks
Gladewater's 71st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gladewater ranks 9,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,174 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gladewater
At the 71st percentile nationally, Gladewater carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 79.7% of Gladewater's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Gladewater's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,557 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gladewater. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gladewater's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.