Seadrift, TX
Seadrift wildfire risk explained
Seadrift's 1,172 buildings earn a 87th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Seadrift's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 90th percentile nationally.
Where Seadrift's buildings actually sit
Most of Seadrift's buildings (64.9%) 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 Seadrift compares
There's little gap between Seadrift's 87th national percentile and its 78th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seadrift ranks 4,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,817 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 401 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Seadrift
At the 87th percentile nationally, Seadrift 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 Seadrift
Because 64.9% of Seadrift's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Seadrift's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,172 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seadrift. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seadrift's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.