Martindale, TX
Martindale wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Martindale at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 653 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Martindale at the 69th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
653 buildings are counted in Martindale, and 74% 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 Martindale ranks
Martindale ranks lower within Texas (30th percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Martindale ranks 9,655 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,169 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,263 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Martindale
Martindale's high rating (69th 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
With 74% of Martindale 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Martindale's 9,655-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Martindale, see the exposure-zones guide.