Mesquite (Dallas), TX
Mesquite (Dallas) wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mesquite (Dallas) at the 67th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 50,495 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mesquite (Dallas) at the 68th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Mesquite (Dallas)'s buildings (80.2% of 50,495) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 50,495 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Mesquite (Dallas) compares
Mesquite (Dallas) ranks lower within Texas (25th percentile statewide) than its 67th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mesquite (Dallas) ranks 10,350 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 171 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,350 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 67th percentile nationally, Mesquite (Dallas) 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Mesquite (Dallas) gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Mesquite (Dallas)'s 67th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Mesquite (Dallas), see the exposure-zones guide.