Is my address in Austin's Wildland-Urban Interface Code area?

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Austin Fire Department maps a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code area — the parts of the city where development sits close enough to wildland vegetation that additional building standards apply, things like ember-resistant construction details and defensible-space requirements around structures. It's a building-code overlay, similar in spirit to a flood zone or a zoning designation: a flag that means "extra rules apply here," decided and enforced by Austin Fire Department, not a statement about any individual property's condition.

We show whether an address falls inside the mapped WUI Code area so a homeowner, builder, or buyer knows to ask the right question before pulling a permit — not as a risk rating, and not as a statement about a property or area's condition. That distinction matters enough that we'll say it twice: this is a regulatory boundary, not a hazard score.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code? A set of additional building requirements, enforced by Austin Fire Department, that apply in mapped areas where development is close to wildland vegetation — covering things like exterior construction materials and clearance around structures, intended to reduce how a structure ignites during a wildfire.

Does a WUI flag mean my property is at high wildfire risk? No — this flag indicates that an area falls inside a mapped regulatory boundary, not a risk rating for any specific property. We don't publish risk scores for addresses or areas. Austin Fire Department is the authority on specific building requirements and any risk assessment tied to a given property.

What building requirements apply in a WUI area? Specifics — construction materials, vegetation clearance, and related standards — are set by Austin Fire Department's code. Confirm current requirements directly with the department before starting a project inside the mapped area.

Methodology

Sourced from the City of Austin's Wildland Urban Interface Code dataset (dgpb-zq6v, Austin Fire Department), refreshed monthly. We display this strictly as a presence/absence flag tied to the mapped boundary, with a link to the Fire Department's own WUI Code reference — never as a derived risk level, and never combined with any other signal to produce a composite "risk" figure.

Check your address against the WUI Code map →

Data provenance

Source	Dataset	Retrieved
City of Austin Open Data	dgpb-zq6v	2026-08-30T02:06:02