Hallsville, TX
Hallsville wildfire risk explained
Hallsville's 1,860 buildings earn a 72nd-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 Hallsville at the 73rd percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Hallsville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 82.5% of Hallsville's 1,860 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 17.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Hallsville ranks
Inside Texas, Hallsville sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 72nd 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, Hallsville ranks 8,899 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,884 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,151 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Hallsville 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hallsville's 82.5% 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.
Where Hallsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hallsville's 8,899-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hallsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.