Waskom, TX
Waskom wildfire risk explained
Waskom sits at the 62nd 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 1,187 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Waskom at the 63rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Waskom's buildings actually sit
Most of Waskom's buildings (71.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Waskom against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Waskom sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Waskom ranks 12,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,728 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,500 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waskom
Waskom's high rating (62nd 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 Waskom
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Waskom (71.4% 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
Waskom's 62nd-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 Waskom, see the exposure-zones guide.