Shavano Park, TX
How exposed is Shavano Park to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Shavano Park lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,851 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shavano Park at the 48th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Shavano Park's 1,851 counted buildings, 45% carry Direct exposure and only 42.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Shavano Park ranks
Shavano Park ranks lower within Texas (6th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shavano Park ranks 16,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,908 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,695 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shavano Park and the insurance market
Shavano Park's elevated wildfire rating (48th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Shavano Park (45%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Shavano Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Shavano Park's 16,310-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Shavano Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.