Willis, TX
How exposed is Willis to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Willis at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,563 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Willis at the 71st percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Willis's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 74% of Willis's 2,563 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 26% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Willis compares
Willis ranks lower within Texas (31st percentile statewide) than its 70th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Willis ranks 9,502 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,175 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,246 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Willis
Willis's high rating (70th 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 Willis
Willis's 74% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Willis's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Willis, see the exposure-zones guide.