New London, TX
New London wildfire risk explained
New London's 644 buildings earn a 74th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New London at the 74th percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
New London's building exposure, zone by zone
Of New London's 644 counted buildings, 81.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where New London ranks
Inside Texas, New London sits at just the 42nd percentile even though it scores 74th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New London ranks 8,304 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,045 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New London
New London's 74th-percentile, 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 81.8% of New London 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.
Where New London's figures come from
New London's 74th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New London's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.