Hatton, WA
Hatton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hatton lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 81 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hatton at the 93rd percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Where Hatton's buildings actually sit
79% of Hatton's 81 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 64 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 21% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Hatton against the rest of the country
Hatton scores 92nd nationally and 83rd 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, Hatton ranks 2,569 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,866 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 111 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hatton
Hatton's 92nd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 79% of Hatton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Hatton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hatton's 2,569-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hatton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.