Bridgeport, WA
How exposed is Bridgeport to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bridgeport lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 934 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bridgeport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Where Bridgeport's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bridgeport (88.5% of 934 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 11.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Bridgeport against the rest of the country
Bridgeport'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, Bridgeport ranks 991 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,436 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 48 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bridgeport
Bridgeport's very high rating (97th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bridgeport's 88.5% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bridgeport's 991-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bridgeport, see the exposure-zones guide.