Mildred, TX
Mildred wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Mildred at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 303 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mildred at the 83rd 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
303 buildings are counted in Mildred, and 95.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.7% rated Minimal.
Where Mildred ranks
Mildred's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mildred ranks 5,433 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,554 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 568 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mildred
Mildred's 83rd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Mildred
With 95.4% of Mildred 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 303 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mildred. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mildred, see the exposure-zones guide.