La Chuparosa, TX
How exposed is La Chuparosa to wildfire?
USFS scores La Chuparosa at the 89th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 25 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts La Chuparosa at the 89th percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
La Chuparosa's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of La Chuparosa's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 25 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
La Chuparosa against the rest of the country
La Chuparosa's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (89th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, La Chuparosa ranks 3,352 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,421 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 312 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
La Chuparosa and the insurance market
La Chuparosa's very high rating (89th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of La Chuparosa in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where La Chuparosa's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind La Chuparosa's 3,352-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what La Chuparosa's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.