Los Ebanos (Hidalgo), TX
Los Ebanos (Hidalgo), TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s 172 buildings earn a 90th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Los Ebanos (Hidalgo) at the 90th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s buildings actually sit
172 buildings are counted in Los Ebanos (Hidalgo), and 90.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 9.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Los Ebanos (Hidalgo) ranks
There's little gap between Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s 90th national percentile and its 83rd percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Los Ebanos (Hidalgo) ranks 3,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,965 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 303 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 90th percentile nationally, Los Ebanos (Hidalgo) 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Los Ebanos (Hidalgo) (90.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s figures come from
Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s 90th-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 Los Ebanos (Hidalgo)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.