Pleasant Valley, TX
Pleasant Valley, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pleasant Valley sits at the 94th 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 419 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pleasant Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Pleasant Valley's buildings actually sit
419 buildings are counted in Pleasant Valley, and 69% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 31% rated Minimal.
Where Pleasant Valley ranks
Pleasant Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (94th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Valley ranks 1,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,848 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 111 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley's 94th-percentile, very 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 Pleasant Valley (69%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pleasant Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 419 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasant Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasant Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.