Entiat, WA
How exposed is Entiat to wildfire?
Entiat's 774 buildings earn a 98th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Entiat at the 99th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55.9% of Entiat's 774 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 39.2% Direct and 4.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Entiat compares
Entiat's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Entiat ranks 552 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,886 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 23 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Entiat and the insurance market
Entiat's very high rating (98th 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
Entiat's 55.9% 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.
Where Entiat's figures come from
Entiat's 98th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Entiat's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.