Wills Point, TX
Wills Point, TX's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wills Point lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,022 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wills Point at the 74th percentile, close to its 73rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,022 buildings are counted in Wills Point, and 90.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 9.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Wills Point compares
Inside Texas, Wills Point sits at just the 40th percentile even though it scores 73rd 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, Wills Point ranks 8,463 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,413 by building count (1 is largest). Within Texas alone, it ranks 1,082 of 1,795 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Texas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wills Point
Wills Point's high rating (73rd 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 Wills Point
Wills Point's 90.6% 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.
Where Wills Point's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,022 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wills Point. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wills Point's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.