Ransom Canyon, TX
How exposed is Ransom Canyon to wildfire?
Ransom Canyon sits at the 84th 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 571 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ransom Canyon at the 82nd national percentile — 2 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
Ransom Canyon rates 62.4% Minimal exposure against just 37.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 571 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Ransom Canyon against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Ransom Canyon's 84th national percentile and its 71st percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ransom Canyon ranks 5,120 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 520 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Ransom Canyon and the insurance market
At the 84th percentile nationally, Ransom Canyon carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 62.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ransom Canyon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Ransom Canyon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ransom Canyon's 5,120-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ransom Canyon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.