Newton, TX
How exposed is Newton to wildfire?
USFS scores Newton at the 83rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,138 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newton at the 85th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
Where Newton's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Newton: 67.6% of its 1,138 buildings, versus 32.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Newton against the rest of the country
Newton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (70th 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, Newton ranks 5,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 544 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Newton and the insurance market
Newton's very high rating (83rd 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
Newton's 67.6% 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
Newton's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newton, see the exposure-zones guide.