Marine View, WA
How exposed is Marine View to wildfire?
Marine View's 419 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marine View's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Where Marine View's buildings actually sit
84.5% of Marine View's 419 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Marine View compares
Marine View scores 92nd nationally and 82nd 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, Marine View ranks 2,694 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,850 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 116 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marine View
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Marine View carries the very 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Marine View (84.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Marine View's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marine View's 2,694-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marine View's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.