Issaquah, WA
Issaquah, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Issaquah lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 9,284 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Issaquah at the 58th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Issaquah's buildings actually sit
9,284 buildings are counted in Issaquah, and 79.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.1% in Direct exposure or the 6.9% rated Minimal. At 9,284 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Issaquah ranks
There's little gap between Issaquah's 62nd national percentile and its 68th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Issaquah ranks 12,023 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,775 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 201 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Issaquah
Issaquah's high rating (62nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Issaquah's 79.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Issaquah's figures come from
Issaquah's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Issaquah's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.