New Deal, TX
How exposed is New Deal to wildfire?
New Deal's 552 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Deal at the 57th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Deal's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 66.5% of New Deal's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 33.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How New Deal compares
New Deal ranks lower within Texas (15th percentile statewide) than its 61st 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 Deal ranks 12,429 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,529 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Deal
New Deal's high rating (61st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 66.5% of New Deal outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where New Deal's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 552 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Deal. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Deal's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.