Burley, WA
Burley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Burley at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,305 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burley at the 23rd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Burley's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Burley's 1,305 counted buildings, 88.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Burley ranks
Burley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (35th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (22nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burley ranks 24,535 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 406 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Burley and the insurance market
At the 22nd national percentile, Burley rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.3% of Burley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Burley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burley's 24,535-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Burley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.