Olmito, TX
How exposed is Olmito to wildfire?
USFS scores Olmito at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 382 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 Olmito at the 71st percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Olmito's building exposure, zone by zone
382 buildings are counted in Olmito, and 81.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.1% in Direct exposure or the 4.5% rated Minimal.
Where Olmito ranks
Olmito's 71st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 34th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Olmito ranks 9,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,178 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Olmito and the insurance market
Olmito's high rating (71st 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.
Hardening a home in Olmito
Because 81.4% of Olmito's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Olmito's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 382 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Olmito. The exposure-zones guide covers what Olmito's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.