Pine Island, TX
Pine Island, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pine Island lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 871 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pine Island at the 82nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Pine Island: 98.5% of its 871 buildings, versus 1.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Pine Island compares
Pine Island's 80th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 60th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pine Island ranks 6,412 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,979 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 713 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pine Island
At the 80th percentile nationally, Pine Island 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.
Hardening a home in Pine Island
With 98.5% of Pine Island in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pine Island's 80th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pine Island, see the exposure-zones guide.