Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Maple Heights-Lake Desire at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,765 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Maple Heights-Lake Desire's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,765 buildings are counted in Maple Heights-Lake Desire, and 59.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.3% rated Minimal.
How Maple Heights-Lake Desire compares
Within Washington, Maple Heights-Lake Desire ranks higher (39th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple Heights-Lake Desire ranks 23,935 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,180 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 381 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 Heights-Lake Desire's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Maple Heights-Lake Desire
Because Direct exposure dominates in Maple Heights-Lake Desire (59.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Maple Heights-Lake Desire's figures come from
Maple Heights-Lake Desire's 24th-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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.