Lake Shore, WA
How exposed is Lake Shore to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lake Shore lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,817 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lake Shore's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Lake Shore's building exposure, zone by zone
89.4% of Lake Shore's 2,817 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 0.9% Direct and 9.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Lake Shore against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lake Shore's 14th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Shore ranks 27,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,731 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 526 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Shore
Lake Shore's low wildfire rating (14th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Lake Shore
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lake Shore (89.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lake Shore's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lake Shore's 27,248-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Shore's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.