Petronila, TX
How exposed is Petronila to wildfire?
USFS scores Petronila at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 125 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 Petronila at the 16th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where Petronila's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 60% of Petronila's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Petronila ranks
Petronila scores 16th nationally and 1st within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Petronila ranks 26,518 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,965 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,779 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Petronila
Petronila's low wildfire rating (16th 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 Petronila
With 60% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Petronila gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Petronila's figures come from
Petronila's 16th-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 Petronila's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.