Burlington, WA
Burlington, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Burlington at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 3,671 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 Burlington at the 7th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Burlington's building exposure, zone by zone
96.9% of Burlington's 3,671 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Burlington against the rest of the country
Burlington scores 5th nationally and 1st 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, Burlington ranks 29,864 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,561 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 618 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 5th national percentile, Burlington rates low 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 Burlington
With 96.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Burlington gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Burlington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burlington's 29,864-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Burlington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.