Tehuacana, TX
Tehuacana, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tehuacana lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 269 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tehuacana at the 82nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Tehuacana's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 93.3% of Tehuacana's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 251 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Tehuacana against the rest of the country
Tehuacana's 82nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tehuacana ranks 5,719 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,552 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 620 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
Tehuacana's 82nd-percentile, very 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.
Hardening a home in Tehuacana
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tehuacana (93.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Tehuacana's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 269 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tehuacana. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tehuacana's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.