Almira, WA
Almira, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Almira at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 288 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Almira at the 94th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Almira's building exposure, zone by zone
91.7% of Almira's 288 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 8.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Almira compares
Almira's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (92nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Almira ranks 2,440 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,978 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 105 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Almira and the insurance market
Almira's very high rating (92nd 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 Almira
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Almira (91.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 288 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Almira. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Almira, see the exposure-zones guide.