Tanquecitos South Acres II, TX
Tanquecitos South Acres II, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tanquecitos South Acres II sits at the 76th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 34 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 Tanquecitos South Acres II at the 71st percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Tanquecitos South Acres II's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 85.3% of Tanquecitos South Acres II's 34 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 14.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Tanquecitos South Acres II compares
Inside Texas, Tanquecitos South Acres II sits at just the 48th percentile even though it scores 76th 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, Tanquecitos South Acres II ranks 7,643 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 926 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Tanquecitos South Acres II's high rating (76th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Tanquecitos South Acres II (85.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Tanquecitos South Acres II's 76th-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 Tanquecitos South Acres II, see the exposure-zones guide.