Marcus, WA
Marcus, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Marcus at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 142 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marcus at the 90th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marcus's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Marcus's buildings (64.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Marcus against the rest of the country
Marcus scores 92nd nationally and 83rd within Washington — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marcus ranks 2,505 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,228 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 109 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
Marcus's very high rating (92nd 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
Marcus's 64.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marcus. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marcus, see the exposure-zones guide.