La Marque, TX
How exposed is La Marque to wildfire?
La Marque sits at the 84th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 9,171 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, La Marque's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
La Marque's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of La Marque's buildings (61.1% of 9,171) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 9,171 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where La Marque ranks
La Marque's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (71st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (84th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, La Marque ranks 5,181 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,800 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 526 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 84th percentile nationally, La Marque carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 61.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, La Marque gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where La Marque's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind La Marque's 5,181-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what La Marque's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.