Whitewright, TX
How exposed is Whitewright to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Whitewright at the 72nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,045 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Whitewright at the 71st percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Where Whitewright's buildings actually sit
79.9% of Whitewright's 1,045 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Whitewright compares
Whitewright's 72nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 37th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 35 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whitewright ranks 8,840 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,630 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,141 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Whitewright and the insurance market
Whitewright's high rating (72nd 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 Whitewright
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Whitewright (79.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Whitewright's figures come from
Whitewright's 72nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Whitewright's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.