Round Rock, TX
Round Rock wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Round Rock at the 63rd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 35,042 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Round Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
Where Round Rock's buildings actually sit
Most of Round Rock's buildings (73.3% of 35,042) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 35,042 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Round Rock compares
Round Rock ranks lower within Texas (18th percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Round Rock ranks 11,803 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 308 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,473 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Round Rock
Round Rock's high rating (63rd 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
Even with 73.3% of Round Rock 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 Round Rock's 11,803-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Round Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.