San Saba, TX
San Saba, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
San Saba sits at the 83rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,798 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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 Saba at the 82nd percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
San Saba's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of San Saba's buildings (64.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How San Saba compares
San Saba's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (83rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, San Saba ranks 5,499 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,069 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 578 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in San Saba
At the 83rd percentile nationally, San Saba carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in San Saba
San Saba's 64.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where San Saba's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind San Saba's 5,499-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what San Saba's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.