Rosser, TX
Rosser, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rosser at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 276 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rosser at the 78th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Rosser's 276 counted buildings, 57.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Rosser compares
Rosser ranks lower within Texas (54th percentile statewide) than its 77th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosser ranks 7,167 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,341 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 837 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rosser
Rosser's 77th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Rosser
With 57.3% of Rosser in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Rosser's figures come from
Rosser's 77th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rosser's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.