Richland Hills, TX
Richland Hills wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Richland Hills lands at the 58th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,465 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richland Hills at the 60th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Richland Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
85.3% of Richland Hills's 3,465 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Richland Hills compares
Inside Texas, Richland Hills sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 58th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richland Hills ranks 13,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,822 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,571 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Richland Hills and the insurance market
At the 58th national percentile, Richland Hills rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 85.3% of Richland Hills outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Richland Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Richland Hills's 13,158-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Richland Hills's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.