Hitchcock, TX
Hitchcock wildfire risk explained
Hitchcock sits at the 89th 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 4,043 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hitchcock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55.8% of Hitchcock's 4,043 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,254 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 42% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 2.2% are Minimal.
How Hitchcock compares
Hitchcock scores 89th nationally and 82nd within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hitchcock ranks 3,575 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,195 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 332 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Hitchcock and the insurance market
Hitchcock's very high rating (89th 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 Hitchcock
Hitchcock's 55.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Hitchcock's figures come from
Hitchcock's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hitchcock's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.