West Orange, TX
West Orange wildfire risk explained
West Orange sits at the 87th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,017 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Orange's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of West Orange's buildings (45.6%) 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.
How West Orange compares
West Orange scores 87th nationally and 78th 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 Orange ranks 4,079 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,426 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 392 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
West Orange and the insurance market
At the 87th percentile nationally, West Orange 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.
What would actually reduce this score
West Orange's 45.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,017 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for West Orange. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond West Orange, see the exposure-zones guide.