Hockinson, WA
Hockinson wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hockinson at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,745 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hockinson at the 52nd percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Hockinson's building exposure, zone by zone
3,745 buildings are counted in Hockinson, and 77.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 12.1% rated Minimal.
Where Hockinson ranks
Hockinson scores 49th nationally and 62nd 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, Hockinson ranks 16,058 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,481 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 240 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Hockinson and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Hockinson rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Hockinson's 77.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Hockinson's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hockinson, see the exposure-zones guide.