Fords Prairie, WA
Fords Prairie, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fords Prairie at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,287 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fords Prairie at the 27th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fords Prairie's building exposure, zone by zone
73.8% of Fords Prairie's 1,287 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 26.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Fords Prairie against the rest of the country
Fords Prairie scores 24th nationally and 38th 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, Fords Prairie ranks 24,127 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 391 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
Fords Prairie's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Fords Prairie
Fords Prairie's 73.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fords Prairie's 24,127-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fords Prairie, see the exposure-zones guide.