Reno (Lamar), TX
How exposed is Reno (Lamar) to wildfire?
Reno (Lamar) sits at the 79th 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 1,754 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Reno (Lamar) at the 81st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Reno (Lamar)'s buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Reno (Lamar): 70.5% of its 1,754 buildings, versus 29.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Reno (Lamar) compares
Reno (Lamar)'s 79th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 59th ranking inside Texas does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reno (Lamar) ranks 6,570 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,208 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 737 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Reno (Lamar)
Reno (Lamar)'s 79th-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 Reno (Lamar)
With 70.5% of Reno (Lamar) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Reno (Lamar)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Reno (Lamar)'s 6,570-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reno (Lamar)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.