Ropesville, TX
How exposed is Ropesville to wildfire?
Ropesville sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 324 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ropesville at the 50th 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
85.5% of Ropesville's 324 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 14.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Ropesville compares
Inside Texas, Ropesville sits at just the 7th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, Ropesville ranks 15,175 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,670 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Ropesville and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Ropesville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Ropesville
Even with 85.5% of Ropesville 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ropesville's 15,175-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ropesville, see the exposure-zones guide.