Sonterra, TX
How exposed is Sonterra to wildfire?
Sonterra's 3,226 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sonterra at the 69th national percentile — 4 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
USFS puts 50.8% of Sonterra's 3,226 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 23.9% Direct and 25.3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Sonterra ranks
Sonterra's 73rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 41st ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sonterra ranks 8,396 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,063 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Sonterra and the insurance market
Sonterra's high rating (73rd 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.
Hardening a home in Sonterra
Because 50.8% of Sonterra'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 Sonterra's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,226 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sonterra. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sonterra's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.