Mineral, WA
Mineral wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mineral lands at the 60th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 242 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mineral at the 60th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Mineral: 58.7% of its 242 buildings, versus 39.3% Indirect and 2.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Mineral ranks
Mineral scores 60th nationally and 67th 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, Mineral ranks 12,750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,410 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 210 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Mineral and the insurance market
Mineral's elevated rating (60th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mineral (58.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mineral's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mineral's 12,750-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mineral's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.