Artondale, WA
How exposed is Artondale to wildfire?
Artondale sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 6,130 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Artondale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 18th percentile nationally.
Artondale's building exposure, zone by zone
6,130 buildings are counted in Artondale, and 53% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 21.3% rated Minimal. At 6,130 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Artondale ranks
Artondale scores 18th nationally and 25th 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, Artondale ranks 25,921 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,826 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 469 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Artondale and the insurance market
At the 18th national percentile, Artondale rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 53% of Artondale 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Artondale's 25,921-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Artondale, see the exposure-zones guide.