Vidor, TX
How exposed is Vidor to wildfire?
USFS scores Vidor at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 6,394 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vidor's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Vidor's building exposure, zone by zone
54.4% of Vidor's 6,394 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,481 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.7% are Minimal. At 6,394 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Vidor ranks
Vidor scores 84th nationally and 72nd within Texas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vidor ranks 4,931 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,708 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 502 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Vidor and the insurance market
At the 84th percentile nationally, Vidor carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Vidor
Vidor's 54.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Vidor's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vidor's 4,931-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vidor's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.