Sarita, TX
How exposed is Sarita to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sarita lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 183 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sarita at the 94th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Sarita's building exposure, zone by zone
183 buildings are counted in Sarita, and 86.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Sarita against the rest of the country
Sarita's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sarita ranks 2,629 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,515 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 208 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Sarita 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Sarita (86.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Sarita's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sarita, see the exposure-zones guide.