San Juan (Hidalgo), TX
How exposed is San Juan (Hidalgo) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, San Juan (Hidalgo) lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 11,960 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, San Juan (Hidalgo)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.6% of San Juan (Hidalgo)'s 11,960 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 11,960 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How San Juan (Hidalgo) compares
San Juan (Hidalgo) ranks lower within Texas (14th percentile statewide) than its 60th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, San Juan (Hidalgo) ranks 12,745 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,553 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
San Juan (Hidalgo) and the insurance market
San Juan (Hidalgo)'s elevated wildfire rating (60th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
San Juan (Hidalgo)'s 90.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where San Juan (Hidalgo)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind San Juan (Hidalgo)'s 12,745-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what San Juan (Hidalgo)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.