Val Verde Park, TX
Val Verde Park wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Val Verde Park at the 71st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,152 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Val Verde Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Where Val Verde Park's buildings actually sit
1,152 buildings are counted in Val Verde Park, and 90.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 9.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Val Verde Park against the rest of the country
Inside Texas, Val Verde Park sits at just the 34th percentile even though it scores 71st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Val Verde Park ranks 9,124 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,948 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,190 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Val Verde Park's high rating (71st 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 Val Verde Park
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Val Verde Park (90.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Val Verde Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,152 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Val Verde Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Val Verde Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.