San Perlita, TX
San Perlita, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts San Perlita at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 281 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts San Perlita at the 15th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where San Perlita's buildings actually sit
69% of San Perlita's 281 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 31% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where San Perlita ranks
San Perlita ranks lower within Texas (1st percentile statewide) than its 16th 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 Perlita ranks 26,484 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,170 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,778 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
San Perlita and the insurance market
San Perlita's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in San Perlita
Even with 69% of San Perlita 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 San Perlita's 26,484-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond San Perlita, see the exposure-zones guide.