Huxley, TX
How exposed is Huxley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Huxley at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 370 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Huxley at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Huxley's building exposure, zone by zone
370 buildings are counted in Huxley, and 96% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 4.1% rated Minimal.
Huxley against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Huxley sits at just the 15th percentile even though it scores 61st 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, Huxley ranks 12,400 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,874 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,527 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Huxley and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Huxley 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Huxley (96%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Huxley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 370 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Huxley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Huxley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.