Kapowsin, WA
Kapowsin, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kapowsin at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 293 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kapowsin at the 58th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kapowsin's building exposure, zone by zone
99% of Kapowsin's 293 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 290 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.3% are Minimal.
How Kapowsin compares
Kapowsin's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (65th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (57th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kapowsin ranks 13,536 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,841 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 218 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Kapowsin and the insurance market
At the 57th national percentile, Kapowsin rates elevated 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
Kapowsin's 99% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 293 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kapowsin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kapowsin, see the exposure-zones guide.