Central Park, WA
Central Park wildfire risk explained
Central Park's 1,708 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Central Park at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Central Park's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Central Park (63.7% of 1,708 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Central Park compares
Central Park scores 16th nationally and 21st 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, Central Park ranks 26,523 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,395 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 495 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Central Park and the insurance market
At the 16th national percentile, Central Park 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 Central Park
Central Park's 63.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Central Park's figures come from
Central Park's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Central Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.