Maple Falls, WA
Maple Falls, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maple Falls's 328 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maple Falls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Maple Falls's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 94.5% of Maple Falls's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 5.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 310 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Maple Falls ranks
There's little gap between Maple Falls's 61st national percentile and its 67th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple Falls ranks 12,404 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,883 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 208 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
Maple Falls's high rating (61st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Maple Falls's 94.5% 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
Maple Falls's 61st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Maple Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.