Milton, WA
Milton wildfire risk explained
Milton's 3,342 buildings earn a 10th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Milton at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Milton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 95.8% of Milton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 4.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Milton ranks
Milton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milton ranks 28,541 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 570 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Milton and the insurance market
At the 10th national percentile, Milton 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
Milton's 95.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Milton's 10th-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 Milton, see the exposure-zones guide.