Leakey, TX
How exposed is Leakey to wildfire?
Leakey 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 408 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leakey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
408 buildings are counted in Leakey, and 51.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 48.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Leakey ranks
There's little gap between Leakey's 84th national percentile and its 71st percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leakey ranks 5,214 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,073 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 533 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Leakey and the insurance market
At the 84th percentile nationally, Leakey 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 Leakey
Leakey's 51.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Leakey's 5,214-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leakey, see the exposure-zones guide.