Pantego, TX
How exposed is Pantego to wildfire?
Pantego sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,269 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pantego's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Pantego's building exposure, zone by zone
Pantego rates 91.5% Minimal exposure against just 8.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,269 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Pantego ranks
Pantego's 52nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 8th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 45 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pantego ranks 15,019 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,255 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,664 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pantego
Pantego's elevated wildfire rating (52nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Pantego
With 91.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Pantego gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,269 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pantego. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Pantego, see the exposure-zones guide.