Sunrise Shores, TX
Sunrise Shores wildfire risk explained
Sunrise Shores's 413 buildings earn a 63rd-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 Sunrise Shores at the 63rd percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Sunrise Shores's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 84.8% of Sunrise Shores's 413 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 14% Direct and 1.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Sunrise Shores compares
Sunrise Shores ranks lower within Texas (18th percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sunrise Shores ranks 11,804 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,979 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,474 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sunrise Shores
Sunrise Shores's high rating (63rd 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 Sunrise Shores
Because 84.8% of Sunrise Shores'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 Sunrise Shores's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sunrise Shores's 11,804-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sunrise Shores's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.