Winnsboro, TX
Winnsboro, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Winnsboro's 1,946 buildings earn a 73rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Winnsboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Winnsboro (85.1% of 1,946 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 15% sit in the Direct zone.
How Winnsboro compares
Winnsboro ranks lower within Texas (38th percentile statewide) than its 73rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winnsboro ranks 8,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,121 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Winnsboro
Winnsboro's 73rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Winnsboro
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Winnsboro (85.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Winnsboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Winnsboro's 8,680-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Winnsboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.