Bothell West, WA
Bothell West wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bothell West at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 7,334 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bothell West at the 6th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bothell West's building exposure, zone by zone
92.9% of Bothell West's 7,334 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 7,334 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Bothell West against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Bothell West's 6th national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bothell West ranks 29,675 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,328 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 608 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Bothell West and the insurance market
Bothell West's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 92.9% of Bothell West outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,334 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bothell West. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bothell West, see the exposure-zones guide.