Aberdeen, WA
Aberdeen, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Aberdeen lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 7,202 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aberdeen at the 22nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Aberdeen's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Aberdeen's buildings (83.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 7,202 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Aberdeen ranks
Aberdeen scores 22nd nationally and 34th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aberdeen ranks 24,597 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,381 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 411 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 22nd national percentile, Aberdeen rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Aberdeen
Aberdeen's 83.2% 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 Aberdeen's figures come from
Aberdeen's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aberdeen's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.