Edgewood, WA
How exposed is Edgewood to wildfire?
Edgewood's 5,816 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Edgewood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 80.2% of Edgewood's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 19.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 5,816 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Edgewood ranks
Edgewood scores 13th nationally and 15th 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, Edgewood ranks 27,532 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,966 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 533 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 13th national percentile, Edgewood rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Edgewood
Even with 80.2% of Edgewood outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Edgewood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,816 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edgewood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Edgewood's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.