Brush Prairie, WA
Brush Prairie wildfire risk explained
Brush Prairie sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,119 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brush Prairie at the 41st percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
Brush Prairie's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 52.9% of Brush Prairie's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 47.1% Minimal share — a profile where 1,121 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Brush Prairie compares
Compare Brush Prairie's two percentiles: 54th within Washington, only 36th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brush Prairie ranks 20,308 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,146 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 288 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Brush Prairie and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Brush Prairie rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Brush Prairie
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brush Prairie (52.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brush Prairie's figures come from
Brush Prairie's 36th-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 Brush Prairie's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.