Spring, TX
How exposed is Spring to wildfire?
Spring's 21,419 buildings earn a 62nd-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Spring's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Spring's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Spring's buildings (65.9%) 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. At 21,419 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Spring ranks
Inside Texas, Spring sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Spring ranks 12,082 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 649 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,503 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Spring
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Spring 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Spring (65.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Spring's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 21,419 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Spring. The exposure-zones guide covers what Spring's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.