Carlsborg, WA
How exposed is Carlsborg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Carlsborg lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 869 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Carlsborg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Where Carlsborg's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 79.4% of Carlsborg's 869 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 5.2% Direct and 15.4% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Carlsborg compares
Carlsborg scores 20th nationally and 30th 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, Carlsborg ranks 25,288 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 436 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
Carlsborg's low wildfire rating (20th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 79.4% of Carlsborg'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.
Where Carlsborg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Carlsborg's 25,288-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Carlsborg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.