Buckley, WA
How exposed is Buckley to wildfire?
Buckley sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,527 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Buckley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Buckley's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Buckley's buildings (82.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Buckley compares
Within Washington, Buckley ranks higher (60th percentile) than it does nationally (45th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buckley ranks 17,509 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,248 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 252 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Buckley
Buckley's elevated rating (45th 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
Because 82.8% of Buckley's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Buckley's 17,509-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Buckley, see the exposure-zones guide.