Colville, WA
Colville, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Colville at the 85th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,579 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Colville at the 85th 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
2,579 buildings are counted in Colville, and 94.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Colville ranks
Colville scores 85th nationally and 77th 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, Colville ranks 4,776 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 148 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 85th percentile nationally, Colville 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Colville (94.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Colville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Colville's 4,776-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Colville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.