Bunk Foss, WA
How exposed is Bunk Foss to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bunk Foss at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,828 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bunk Foss at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Bunk Foss's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56.6% of Bunk Foss's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 19.7% Indirect share and far above its 23.7% Minimal share — a profile where 1,035 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Bunk Foss ranks
Bunk Foss scores 12th nationally and 13th within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bunk Foss ranks 27,877 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,988 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 546 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bunk Foss
Bunk Foss's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bunk Foss (56.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bunk Foss's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bunk Foss, see the exposure-zones guide.