Marblemount, WA
Marblemount, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Marblemount at the 78th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 321 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marblemount at the 72nd national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marblemount's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Marblemount's 321 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Marblemount ranks
Marblemount's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (74th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (78th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marblemount ranks 7,014 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,077 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 165 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marblemount
At the 78th percentile nationally, Marblemount carries the 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
Marblemount's 100% 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.
Where Marblemount's figures come from
Marblemount's 78th-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 Marblemount's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.