McChord AFB, WA
How exposed is McChord AFB to wildfire?
McChord AFB's 1,005 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, McChord AFB's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Where McChord AFB's buildings actually sit
Only 13.7% of McChord AFB's 1,005 buildings carry Direct exposure and 9.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 76.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where McChord AFB ranks
There's little gap between McChord AFB's 23rd national percentile and its 37th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McChord AFB ranks 24,377 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,900 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 399 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McChord AFB
McChord AFB's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 76.5% of McChord AFB outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
McChord AFB's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond McChord AFB, see the exposure-zones guide.