Maple Valley, WA
How exposed is Maple Valley to wildfire?
Maple Valley's 9,737 buildings earn a 19th-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, Maple Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
9,737 buildings are counted in Maple Valley, and 58.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 9.8% in Direct exposure or the 31.9% rated Minimal. At 9,737 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Maple Valley against the rest of the country
Maple Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (29th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maple Valley ranks 25,451 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 447 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Maple Valley and the insurance market
At the 19th national percentile, Maple Valley rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Maple Valley's 58.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Maple Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Maple Valley's 25,451-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Maple Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.