Pinehurst (Orange), TX
Pinehurst (Orange) wildfire risk explained
Pinehurst (Orange)'s 1,056 buildings earn a 78th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pinehurst (Orange) at the 79th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pinehurst (Orange) (66.8% of 1,056 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Pinehurst (Orange) ranks
Pinehurst (Orange)'s 78th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pinehurst (Orange) ranks 7,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,565 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 805 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pinehurst (Orange)
At the 78th percentile nationally, Pinehurst (Orange) 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 Pinehurst (Orange)
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pinehurst (Orange) (66.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pinehurst (Orange)'s 7,011-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pinehurst (Orange), see the exposure-zones guide.