Wallis, TX
How exposed is Wallis to wildfire?
Wallis sits at the 71st 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 767 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wallis at the 73rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 56.2% of Wallis's 767 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Wallis against the rest of the country
Wallis ranks lower within Texas (33rd percentile statewide) than its 71st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wallis ranks 9,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,950 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,205 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wallis
Wallis's 71st-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 56.2% of Wallis's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Wallis's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wallis's 9,248-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wallis's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.