Lago Vista (Starr), TX
How exposed is Lago Vista (Starr) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lago Vista (Starr) at the 95th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 89 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lago Vista (Starr) at the 95th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lago Vista (Starr)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lago Vista (Starr)'s 89 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Lago Vista (Starr) compares
Lago Vista (Starr) scores 95th nationally and 95th within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lago Vista (Starr) ranks 1,682 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,552 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 99 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lago Vista (Starr)
At the 95th percentile nationally, Lago Vista (Starr) 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.
Hardening a home in Lago Vista (Starr)
Lago Vista (Starr)'s 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 89 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lago Vista (Starr). For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lago Vista (Starr), see the exposure-zones guide.