High Bridge, WA
High Bridge, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
High Bridge's 1,783 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks High Bridge at the 16th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where High Bridge's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in High Bridge: 96.3% of its 1,783 buildings, versus 3.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How High Bridge compares
High Bridge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (19th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (15th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, High Bridge ranks 26,772 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,115 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 507 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
High Bridge's low wildfire rating (15th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in High Bridge
High Bridge's 96.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where High Bridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,783 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for High Bridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what High Bridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.