Erlands Point, WA
How exposed is Erlands Point to wildfire?
Erlands Point's 533 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Erlands Point at the 21st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Erlands Point's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Erlands Point (53.3% of 533 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16% sit in the Direct zone.
Erlands Point against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Erlands Point's 20th national percentile and its 31st percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Erlands Point ranks 25,103 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,831 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 432 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Erlands Point
At the 20th national percentile, Erlands Point rates moderate 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 Erlands Point
Erlands Point's 53.3% 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 Erlands Point's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Erlands Point's 25,103-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Erlands Point's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.