Pueblo Nuevo, TX
Pueblo Nuevo, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pueblo Nuevo 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 357 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pueblo Nuevo at the 73rd national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 92.2% of Pueblo Nuevo's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 7.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 329 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pueblo Nuevo against the rest of the country
Pueblo Nuevo ranks lower within Texas (56th percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pueblo Nuevo ranks 6,887 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,146 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 787 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Pueblo Nuevo and the insurance market
Pueblo Nuevo's 78th-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 Pueblo Nuevo
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pueblo Nuevo (92.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pueblo Nuevo'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 direct exposure implies beyond Pueblo Nuevo, see the exposure-zones guide.