Volente, TX
Volente wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Volente at the 88th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 545 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Volente at the 87th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Volente's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Volente: 89.9% of its 545 buildings, versus 6.1% Indirect and 4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Volente compares
Volente's risk sits at a similar level relative to Texas (79th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Volente ranks 3,951 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,645 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 377 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Volente and the insurance market
At the 88th percentile nationally, Volente 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 Volente
Because Direct exposure dominates in Volente (89.9%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 545 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Volente. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Volente, see the exposure-zones guide.