Eschbach, WA
Eschbach, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Eschbach at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 326 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eschbach's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
68.4% of Eschbach's 326 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 223 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 30.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.9% are Minimal.
How Eschbach compares
Eschbach scores 94th nationally and 86th 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, Eschbach ranks 1,778 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 89 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 94th percentile nationally, Eschbach 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.4% of Eschbach 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
Eschbach's 94th-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 Eschbach, see the exposure-zones guide.