Lewiston, ID
Lewiston, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lewiston lands at the 87th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 16,911 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lewiston at the 90th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Where Lewiston's buildings actually sit
44.6% of Lewiston's 16,911 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.4% Direct and 44% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 16,911 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Lewiston compares
Lewiston ranks lower within Idaho (60th percentile statewide) than its 87th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lewiston ranks 4,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 856 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 95 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 87th percentile nationally, Lewiston carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 44.6% of Lewiston's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lewiston's 4,165-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lewiston, see the exposure-zones guide.