Rancho Viejo (Starr), TX
Rancho Viejo (Starr) wildfire risk explained
Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s 67 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 93rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
95.5% of Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s 67 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 4.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Rancho Viejo (Starr) compares
Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rancho Viejo (Starr) ranks 2,408 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,405 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 182 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rancho Viejo (Starr)
Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s very high rating (92nd 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.
Hardening a home in Rancho Viejo (Starr)
Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s 95.5% 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
Rancho Viejo (Starr)'s 92nd-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 Rancho Viejo (Starr), see the exposure-zones guide.