Asotin, WA
Asotin wildfire risk explained
Asotin sits at the 95th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 676 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Asotin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 84.8% of Asotin's 676 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 15.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Asotin compares
Asotin scores 95th nationally and 86th 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, Asotin ranks 1,750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,921 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 88 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
Asotin's very high rating (95th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Asotin's 84.8% 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 Asotin's figures come from
Asotin's 95th-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 Asotin's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.