Hudson Bend, TX
Hudson Bend, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hudson Bend sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,380 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hudson Bend's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Hudson Bend: 46.1% of its 2,380 buildings, versus 10.2% Indirect and 43.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Hudson Bend compares
Hudson Bend ranks lower within Texas (43rd percentile statewide) than its 74th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hudson Bend ranks 8,205 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,024 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hudson Bend
Hudson Bend's 74th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hudson Bend (46.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hudson Bend's 8,205-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hudson Bend, see the exposure-zones guide.