St. Hedwig, TX
St. Hedwig, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
St. Hedwig's 2,188 buildings earn a 75th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. Hedwig at the 75th percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
Where St. Hedwig's buildings actually sit
2,188 buildings are counted in St. Hedwig, and 97.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.2% rated Minimal.
Where St. Hedwig ranks
St. Hedwig ranks lower within Texas (45th percentile statewide) than its 75th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Hedwig ranks 8,053 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,966 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 991 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Hedwig
St. Hedwig's high rating (75th 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 St. Hedwig
With 97.2% of St. Hedwig in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
St. Hedwig'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 direct exposure implies beyond St. Hedwig, see the exposure-zones guide.