Colfax, WA
Colfax wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Colfax at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,531 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Colfax at the 51st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Colfax's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Colfax (83.7% of 1,531 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Colfax against the rest of the country
Colfax scores 51st nationally and 63rd 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, Colfax ranks 15,521 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,032 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 236 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 51st national percentile, Colfax rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 83.7% of Colfax'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.
More on how this number was built
Colfax's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Colfax, see the exposure-zones guide.