Teague, TX
Teague, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Teague lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,230 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Teague's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,230 buildings are counted in Teague, and 76.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 23.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Teague against the rest of the country
Teague's 79th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 58th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Teague ranks 6,761 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,862 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 760 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Teague and the insurance market
Teague's 79th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Teague (76.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Teague's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,230 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Teague. The exposure-zones guide covers what Teague's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.