Beacon Hill, WA
How exposed is Beacon Hill to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Beacon Hill at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 795 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beacon Hill at the 17th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Beacon Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
795 buildings are counted in Beacon Hill, and 75.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.8% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Beacon Hill ranks
Beacon Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (23rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Beacon Hill ranks 26,176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,689 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 482 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
At the 17th national percentile, Beacon Hill rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Beacon Hill's 75.2% 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 Beacon Hill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 795 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Beacon Hill. The exposure-zones guide covers what Beacon Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.