Cliffdell, WA
Cliffdell wildfire risk explained
Cliffdell's 158 buildings earn a 100th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cliffdell at the 100th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
158 buildings are counted in Cliffdell, and 91.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Cliffdell compares
Cliffdell scores 100th nationally and 100th 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, Cliffdell ranks 16 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 1 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 100th percentile nationally, Cliffdell carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Cliffdell's 91.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Cliffdell's 100th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cliffdell, see the exposure-zones guide.