Hazel Dell, WA
Hazel Dell, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hazel Dell at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 7,627 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hazel Dell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Hazel Dell's buildings (97.3% of 7,627) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 7,627 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Hazel Dell ranks
Hazel Dell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hazel Dell ranks 27,973 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,239 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 551 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
Hazel Dell's low rating (11th 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 Hazel Dell
Even with 97.3% of Hazel Dell outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Hazel Dell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hazel Dell's 27,973-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hazel Dell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.