Poteet, TX
Poteet wildfire risk explained
Poteet sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,581 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Poteet at the 79th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,581 buildings are counted in Poteet, and 85.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Poteet ranks
Poteet's 78th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 57th 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, Poteet ranks 6,854 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,830 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 779 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Poteet
At the 78th percentile nationally, Poteet 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
Poteet's 85.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Poteet's 78th-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 Poteet, see the exposure-zones guide.