Amboy, WA
How exposed is Amboy to wildfire?
Amboy's 1,312 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Amboy at the 57th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Amboy's 1,312 counted buildings, 97.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Amboy ranks
Amboy scores 55th nationally and 64th 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, Amboy ranks 14,198 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 222 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Amboy
Amboy's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Amboy
Amboy's 97.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,312 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Amboy. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Amboy, see the exposure-zones guide.