Jacksonville, TX
How exposed is Jacksonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jacksonville at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 6,502 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jacksonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
Where Jacksonville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Jacksonville (79.8% of 6,502 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 18.9% sit in the Direct zone. At 6,502 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Jacksonville ranks
Jacksonville's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 43rd ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksonville ranks 8,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,025 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jacksonville
Jacksonville's high rating (74th 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 Jacksonville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Jacksonville (79.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Jacksonville's figures come from
Jacksonville's 74th-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 Jacksonville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.