Ahtanum, WA
How exposed is Ahtanum to wildfire?
Ahtanum's 2,808 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ahtanum's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Ahtanum's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Ahtanum: 84.7% of its 2,808 buildings, versus 4.3% Indirect and 11% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Ahtanum ranks
Ahtanum scores 95th nationally and 88th 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, Ahtanum ranks 1,459 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 76 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Ahtanum and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, Ahtanum 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 84.7% of Ahtanum in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,808 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ahtanum. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ahtanum, see the exposure-zones guide.