Preston, TX
Preston, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Preston's 2,150 buildings earn a 68th-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 Preston at the 69th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
Where Preston's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Preston: 64.2% of its 2,150 buildings, versus 34.5% Indirect and 1.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Preston ranks
Preston ranks lower within Texas (27th percentile statewide) than its 68th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Preston ranks 10,007 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,312 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Preston's 68th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Preston
With 64.2% of Preston 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
Preston's 68th-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 Preston, see the exposure-zones guide.