Darrington, WA
How exposed is Darrington to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Darrington at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,047 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Darrington at the 58th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,047 buildings are counted in Darrington, and 91.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 8.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Darrington compares
Darrington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (68th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (62nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Darrington ranks 11,898 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,607 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 199 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Darrington and the insurance market
Darrington's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Darrington's 91.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Darrington's 62nd-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 Darrington, see the exposure-zones guide.