Geneva, WA
How exposed is Geneva to wildfire?
Geneva's 1,163 buildings earn a 33rd-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 Geneva at the 27th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Geneva's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66.2% of Geneva's 1,163 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 31.9% Direct and 1.9% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Geneva ranks
Geneva's 52nd-percentile standing inside Washington outpaces its 33rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Geneva ranks 21,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,878 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 301 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Geneva and the insurance market
At the 33rd national percentile, Geneva 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 Geneva
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Geneva (66.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Geneva's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Geneva, see the exposure-zones guide.