West Alto Bonito, TX
West Alto Bonito wildfire risk explained
West Alto Bonito's 240 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Alto Bonito at the 93rd percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
240 buildings are counted in West Alto Bonito, and 97.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where West Alto Bonito ranks
West Alto Bonito scores 92nd nationally and 90th within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Alto Bonito ranks 2,467 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 190 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Alto Bonito
At the 92nd percentile nationally, West Alto Bonito 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.
Hardening a home in West Alto Bonito
Because 97.9% of West Alto Bonito'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Alto Bonito's 2,467-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond West Alto Bonito, see the exposure-zones guide.