Lyons, TX
Lyons wildfire risk explained
Lyons sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 299 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lyons's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Where Lyons's buildings actually sit
299 buildings are counted in Lyons, and 78.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Lyons ranks
Inside Texas, Lyons sits at just the 28th percentile even though it scores 69th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lyons ranks 9,815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,667 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,287 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Lyons and the insurance market
At the 69th percentile nationally, Lyons carries the 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 Lyons
With 78.3% of Lyons in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Lyons's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lyons, see the exposure-zones guide.