Donald, WA
Donald, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Donald at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 145 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Donald's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
145 buildings are counted in Donald, and 73.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Donald ranks
Donald's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Donald ranks 1,652 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,103 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 83 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Donald and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, Donald 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.
Hardening a home in Donald
With 73.8% of Donald in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Donald's 95th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Donald, see the exposure-zones guide.