Poth, TX
How exposed is Poth to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Poth lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,235 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Poth at the 73rd national percentile — 0 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
Most of Poth's buildings (54.8%) 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.
How Poth compares
Poth's 73rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 40th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Poth ranks 8,461 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,441 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,080 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Poth
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Poth 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 Poth
Because 54.8% of Poth's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Poth's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,235 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Poth. The exposure-zones guide covers what Poth's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.