Brewster, WA
Brewster, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Brewster's 940 buildings earn a 97th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brewster at the 98th percentile, close to its 97th-percentile risk score.
Brewster's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Brewster (96.2% of 940 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 3% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Brewster ranks
Brewster's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brewster ranks 990 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,397 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 47 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Brewster and the insurance market
Brewster's 97th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Brewster
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brewster (96.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Brewster's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brewster's 990-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brewster's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.