Hobart, WA
Hobart, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hobart's 4,674 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hobart at the 45th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.9% of Hobart's 4,674 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 4,249 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Hobart against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hobart's 45th national percentile and its 60th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hobart ranks 17,257 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,637 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 251 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Hobart and the insurance market
Hobart's elevated rating (45th 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 Hobart
With 90.9% of Hobart 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,674 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hobart. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hobart, see the exposure-zones guide.