Nordheim, TX
Nordheim wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Nordheim at the 72nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 300 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 Nordheim at the 72nd percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 56.7% of Nordheim's 300 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Nordheim against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Nordheim sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 72nd 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, Nordheim ranks 8,871 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,642 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,146 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nordheim
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Nordheim carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Nordheim
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Nordheim (56.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 300 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nordheim. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Nordheim, see the exposure-zones guide.