Riverside, TX
How exposed is Riverside to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Riverside lands at the 76th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 475 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverside at the 78th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Riverside's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Riverside: 68.8% of its 475 buildings, versus 30.3% Indirect and 0.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Riverside ranks
Riverside's 76th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 49th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Riverside ranks 7,642 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,806 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 925 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Riverside and the insurance market
Riverside's high rating (76th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Riverside (68.8%), 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
Riverside's 76th-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 Riverside, see the exposure-zones guide.