Spofford, TX
How exposed is Spofford to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Spofford lands at the 75th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 75 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Spofford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Spofford's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Spofford's buildings (89.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Spofford against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Spofford sits at just the 45th percentile even though it scores 75th 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, Spofford ranks 8,054 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,111 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 992 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Spofford
At the 75th percentile nationally, Spofford 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.
Hardening a home in Spofford
Spofford's 89.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Spofford's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Spofford, see the exposure-zones guide.