Hidalgo, TX
Hidalgo, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hidalgo at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,437 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hidalgo at the 68th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hidalgo's building exposure, zone by zone
92% of Hidalgo's 4,437 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 4.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Hidalgo ranks
Hidalgo's 68th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 26th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hidalgo ranks 10,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,848 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,325 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Hidalgo and the insurance market
Hidalgo's high rating (68th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hidalgo gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Hidalgo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,437 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hidalgo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hidalgo's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.