Homestead Meadows North, TX
How exposed is Homestead Meadows North to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Homestead Meadows North at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,141 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Homestead Meadows North at the 54th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Homestead Meadows North's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Homestead Meadows North: 98.5% of its 3,141 buildings, versus 1.4% Indirect and 0.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Homestead Meadows North against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Homestead Meadows North sits at just the 7th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, Homestead Meadows North ranks 15,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,667 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Homestead Meadows North and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Homestead Meadows North rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 98.5% of Homestead Meadows North in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Homestead Meadows North's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Homestead Meadows North's 15,111-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Homestead Meadows North's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.