North Richland Hills, TX
How exposed is North Richland Hills to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Richland Hills at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 23,040 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks North Richland Hills at the 51st national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
North Richland Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
North Richland Hills rates 93.7% Minimal exposure against just 6.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 23,040 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 23,040 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How North Richland Hills compares
North Richland Hills ranks lower within Texas (5th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Richland Hills ranks 16,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 572 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,701 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Richland Hills
At the 48th national percentile, North Richland Hills rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills's 93.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where North Richland Hills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 23,040 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Richland Hills. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Richland Hills's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.