Quesada, TX
Quesada, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Quesada sits at the 91st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 5 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Quesada at the 92nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Quesada's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Quesada's 5 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 0% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. This is a small settlement by building count — 5 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
How Quesada compares
There's little gap between Quesada's 91st national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quesada ranks 2,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,520 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 241 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
Quesada's very high rating (91st 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 Quesada (100% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Quesada's figures come from
Quesada's 91st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. Small places like Quesada (5 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.