Frederickson, WA
Frederickson wildfire risk explained
Frederickson sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 9,226 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Frederickson at the 14th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Frederickson's building exposure, zone by zone
88.2% of Frederickson's 9,226 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 11.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 9,226 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Frederickson ranks
There's little gap between Frederickson's 13th national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frederickson ranks 27,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 534 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
Frederickson's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Frederickson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Frederickson's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Frederickson's 27,563-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Frederickson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.