Knippa, TX
How exposed is Knippa to wildfire?
Knippa's 552 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Knippa at the 49th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Knippa's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 60.5% of Knippa's 552 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 29% Direct and 10.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Knippa compares
Knippa's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 45 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Knippa ranks 15,112 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,668 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Knippa
At the 52nd national percentile, Knippa 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Knippa (60.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 552 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Knippa. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Knippa, see the exposure-zones guide.