Trenton, TX
Trenton, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Trenton at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 514 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Trenton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.5% of Trenton's 514 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Trenton compares
Trenton ranks lower within Texas (43rd percentile statewide) than its 74th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trenton ranks 8,209 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,127 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,028 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Trenton
Trenton's 74th-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.
Hardening a home in Trenton
Trenton's 67.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Trenton's 74th-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 Trenton, see the exposure-zones guide.