Mikes, TX
Mikes wildfire risk explained
Mikes's 296 buildings earn a 93rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mikes at the 94th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mikes's buildings actually sit
296 buildings are counted in Mikes, and 96.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 3.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Mikes ranks
Mikes scores 93rd nationally and 92nd within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mikes ranks 2,154 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,744 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 153 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mikes
Mikes's very high rating (93rd 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mikes (96.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 296 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mikes. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mikes, see the exposure-zones guide.