New Chapel Hill, TX
How exposed is New Chapel Hill to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Chapel Hill lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 376 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Chapel Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
376 buildings are counted in New Chapel Hill, and 90.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where New Chapel Hill ranks
New Chapel Hill ranks lower within Texas (47th percentile statewide) than its 75th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Chapel Hill ranks 7,828 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,754 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 955 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
New Chapel Hill and the insurance market
New Chapel Hill's high rating (75th 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.
Hardening a home in New Chapel Hill
New Chapel Hill's 90.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Chapel Hill's 7,828-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Chapel Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.