Sealy, TX
How exposed is Sealy to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sealy at the 80th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,360 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sealy's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
59.1% of Sealy's 3,360 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 40.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Sealy ranks
Inside Texas, Sealy sits at just the 61st percentile even though it scores 80th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sealy ranks 6,350 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,973 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 706 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sealy
At the 80th percentile nationally, Sealy carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 59.1% of Sealy'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,360 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sealy. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sealy, see the exposure-zones guide.