Slaton, TX
How exposed is Slaton to wildfire?
Slaton's 3,529 buildings earn a 82nd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Slaton at the 79th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Slaton rates 83.1% Minimal exposure against just 16.4% Direct and 0.6% Indirect — of 3,529 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Slaton against the rest of the country
Slaton's 82nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Slaton ranks 5,689 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,740 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 611 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Slaton and the insurance market
Slaton's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 83.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Slaton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Slaton's figures come from
Slaton's 82nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Slaton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.