Marquez, TX
How exposed is Marquez to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marquez lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 239 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marquez at the 77th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
56.5% of Marquez's 239 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 135 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 43.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Marquez ranks
Marquez ranks lower within Texas (48th percentile statewide) than its 76th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marquez ranks 7,672 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,511 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 929 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Marquez and the insurance market
Marquez'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 56.5% of Marquez 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 239 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marquez. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Marquez, see the exposure-zones guide.