South Alamo, TX
How exposed is South Alamo to wildfire?
South Alamo sits at the 50th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,044 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Alamo at the 50th percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
Where South Alamo's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88.3% of South Alamo's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
South Alamo against the rest of the country
South Alamo ranks lower within Texas (7th percentile statewide) than its 50th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Alamo ranks 15,648 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,637 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,677 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Alamo
South Alamo's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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
Even with 88.3% of South Alamo outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
South Alamo's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond South Alamo, see the exposure-zones guide.