Fairfield, WA
How exposed is Fairfield to wildfire?
Fairfield's 421 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fairfield at the 4th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fairfield's building exposure, zone by zone
Fairfield rates 85.8% Minimal exposure against just 14.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 421 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Fairfield ranks
Fairfield scores 4th nationally and 1st 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, Fairfield ranks 30,178 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,811 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 625 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairfield
At the 4th national percentile, Fairfield 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 Fairfield
Even with 85.8% of Fairfield 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 421 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fairfield. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Fairfield, see the exposure-zones guide.