Eatonville, WA
Eatonville wildfire risk explained
Eatonville sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,357 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Eatonville at the 65th percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Eatonville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 82% of Eatonville's 1,357 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Eatonville against the rest of the country
Eatonville scores 65th nationally and 69th 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, Eatonville ranks 11,174 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 193 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 65th percentile nationally, Eatonville carries the 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 Eatonville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Eatonville (82% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eatonville's 11,174-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Eatonville, see the exposure-zones guide.