Lefors, TX
Lefors wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lefors at the 99th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 481 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lefors's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 100th percentile nationally.
Lefors's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Lefors's buildings (86.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Lefors ranks
There's little gap between Lefors's 99th national percentile and its 100th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lefors ranks 202 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 6 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lefors
At the 99th percentile nationally, Lefors 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
Lefors's 86.7% 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.
Where Lefors's figures come from
Lefors's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lefors's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.