Groesbeck, TX
Groesbeck, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Groesbeck sits at the 80th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,954 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Groesbeck's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 81st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 63% of Groesbeck's 1,954 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 37% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Groesbeck against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Groesbeck sits at just the 62nd percentile even though it scores 80th 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, Groesbeck ranks 6,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,607 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 685 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Groesbeck and the insurance market
Groesbeck's very high rating (80th 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 Groesbeck
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Groesbeck (63% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Groesbeck's 6,222-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Groesbeck, see the exposure-zones guide.