Sunset (Montague), TX
How exposed is Sunset (Montague) to wildfire?
USFS scores Sunset (Montague) at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 457 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sunset (Montague) at the 93rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sunset (Montague)'s buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 66.1% of Sunset (Montague)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 302 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Sunset (Montague) ranks
Sunset (Montague)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sunset (Montague) ranks 2,410 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 184 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Sunset (Montague) and the insurance market
Sunset (Montague)'s very high rating (92nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Sunset (Montague)
Because Direct exposure dominates in Sunset (Montague) (66.1%), 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 Sunset (Montague)'s 2,410-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sunset (Montague), see the exposure-zones guide.