Jacksboro, TX
Jacksboro, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jacksboro lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 2,463 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jacksboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Where Jacksboro's buildings actually sit
73.5% of Jacksboro's 2,463 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 26.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Jacksboro compares
Jacksboro scores 98th nationally and 98th 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, Jacksboro ranks 736 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,370 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 30 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Jacksboro and the insurance market
Jacksboro's 98th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Jacksboro
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Jacksboro (73.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Jacksboro's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,463 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jacksboro. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jacksboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.