Peaster, TX
How exposed is Peaster to wildfire?
Peaster sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 420 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Peaster at the 95th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
420 buildings are counted in Peaster, and 92.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Peaster ranks
There's little gap between Peaster's 96th national percentile and its 96th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Peaster ranks 1,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,828 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 71 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Peaster
At the 96th percentile nationally, Peaster carries the very 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 Peaster
Peaster's 92.4% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 420 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Peaster. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Peaster, see the exposure-zones guide.