Weatherford, TX
Weatherford, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Weatherford lands at the 96th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 13,847 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weatherford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Weatherford's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Weatherford (37.6% of 13,847 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 33.1% sit in the Direct zone. At 13,847 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Weatherford compares
There's little gap between Weatherford's 96th national percentile and its 96th percentile inside Texas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weatherford ranks 1,398 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,092 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 74 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Weatherford and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Weatherford carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 37.6% of Weatherford's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Weatherford's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 13,847 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weatherford. The exposure-zones guide covers what Weatherford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.