Grangerland, TX
Grangerland wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grangerland lands at the 67th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 427 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grangerland at the 69th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Grangerland's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Grangerland: 90.2% of its 427 buildings, versus 9.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Grangerland ranks
Grangerland's 67th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grangerland ranks 10,383 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,722 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,356 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grangerland
Grangerland's high rating (67th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Grangerland (90.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grangerland's 10,383-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grangerland, see the exposure-zones guide.