Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, TX
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres sits at the 73rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 598 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 52.8% of Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 47.2% Minimal share — a profile where 316 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres against the rest of the country
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's 73rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres ranks 8,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,870 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,070 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres carries the 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
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's 52.8% 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
Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, see the exposure-zones guide.