Lakeland South, WA
Lakeland South wildfire risk explained
Lakeland South's 5,350 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lakeland South's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where Lakeland South's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 83% of Lakeland South's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 17% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 5,350 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lakeland South ranks
Lakeland South's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lakeland South ranks 28,478 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,223 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 564 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Lakeland South's low wildfire rating (10th 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 Lakeland South
With 83% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lakeland South gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lakeland South's figures come from
Lakeland South's 10th-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 Lakeland South's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.