Clearview, WA
How exposed is Clearview to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clearview lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,139 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clearview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Clearview's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Clearview: 73.8% of its 2,139 buildings, versus 22.1% Indirect and 4.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Clearview compares
Clearview's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clearview ranks 29,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,097 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 582 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 8th national percentile, Clearview rates low 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
Clearview's 73.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Clearview's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,139 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clearview. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clearview's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.