Mason, TX
Mason wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mason at the 84th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,842 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 Mason at the 83rd percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 64.2% of Mason's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 35.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,182 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Mason compares
There's little gap between Mason's 84th national percentile and its 71st percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mason ranks 5,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,945 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 516 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mason
At the 84th percentile nationally, Mason 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.
Hardening a home in Mason
Mason's 64.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Mason's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mason's 5,056-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mason's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.