Lometa, TX
Lometa wildfire risk explained
Lometa sits at the 88th 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 534 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lometa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Lometa's building exposure, zone by zone
534 buildings are counted in Lometa, and 77% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 23% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Lometa against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lometa's 88th national percentile and its 81st percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lometa ranks 3,733 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,816 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 350 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lometa
At the 88th percentile nationally, Lometa 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 77% of Lometa's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Lometa's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lometa's 3,733-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lometa's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.