Perryton, TX
Perryton, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Perryton's 4,728 buildings earn a 62nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Perryton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 58th percentile nationally.
Where Perryton's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 72.4% of Perryton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 5.6% Direct and 22.1% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Perryton against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Perryton sits at just the 18th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Perryton ranks 11,892 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,482 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Perryton and the insurance market
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Perryton 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Perryton's 72.4% 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 Perryton's figures come from
Perryton's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perryton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.