Clyde Hill, WA
Clyde Hill wildfire risk explained
Clyde Hill's 1,206 buildings earn a 5th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clyde Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Clyde Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Clyde Hill's buildings (97.9% of 1,206) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Clyde Hill compares
Clyde Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clyde Hill ranks 29,896 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,617 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 621 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
Clyde Hill's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Clyde Hill's 97.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,206 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clyde Hill. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Clyde Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.