Point Comfort, TX
How exposed is Point Comfort to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Point Comfort lands at the 71st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 456 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Point Comfort at the 71st percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Point Comfort's buildings (92.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Point Comfort against the rest of the country
Point Comfort ranks lower within Texas (34th percentile statewide) than its 71st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Point Comfort ranks 9,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,164 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,179 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Point Comfort
Point Comfort's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Point Comfort (92.5% 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
Point Comfort's 71st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Point Comfort, see the exposure-zones guide.