Hartline, WA
Hartline, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hartline lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 200 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hartline at the 85th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hartline's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 81.5% of Hartline's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Hartline against the rest of the country
Hartline scores 84th nationally and 75th 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, Hartline ranks 5,090 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,866 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 155 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hartline
At the 84th percentile nationally, Hartline 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 81.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hartline gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Hartline's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hartline, see the exposure-zones guide.