Luling, TX
Luling, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Luling at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,685 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Luling's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 77th percentile nationally.
Luling's building exposure, zone by zone
53.2% of Luling's 2,685 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Luling compares
Luling's 76th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 48th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Luling ranks 7,735 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,955 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 941 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Luling
Luling's high rating (76th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Luling's 53.2% 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
Luling's 76th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Luling, see the exposure-zones guide.