Deming, WA
How exposed is Deming to wildfire?
Deming's 364 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Deming at the 53rd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Deming's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Deming: 75.6% of its 364 buildings, versus 24.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Deming against the rest of the country
Deming's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (66th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (59th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deming ranks 12,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 212 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 59th national percentile, Deming rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Deming's 75.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 364 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Deming. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Deming, see the exposure-zones guide.