Knox City, TX
Knox City wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Knox City lands at the 57th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 819 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Knox City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Where Knox City's buildings actually sit
79.7% of Knox City's 819 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Knox City against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Knox City sits at just the 12th percentile even though it scores 57th 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, Knox City ranks 13,409 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,466 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,586 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Knox City and the insurance market
Knox City's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 79.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Knox City gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Knox City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 819 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Knox City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Knox City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.