Indianola, WA
Indianola, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Indianola at the 19th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,844 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Indianola's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Indianola's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 48.5% of Indianola's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 47.1% Indirect share and far above its 4.3% Minimal share — a profile where 895 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Indianola ranks
There's little gap between Indianola's 19th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Indianola ranks 25,542 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 452 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Indianola
At the 19th national percentile, Indianola rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 48.5% of Indianola 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 1,844 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Indianola. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Indianola, see the exposure-zones guide.