Neah Bay, WA
How exposed is Neah Bay to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Neah Bay at the 32nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 518 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Neah Bay at the 32nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Neah Bay's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 92.1% of Neah Bay's 518 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 7.3% Direct and 0.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Neah Bay ranks
Compare Neah Bay's two percentiles: 52nd within Washington, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Neah Bay ranks 21,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,061 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 304 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Neah Bay
Neah Bay's moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Neah Bay
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Neah Bay (92.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 518 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Neah Bay. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Neah Bay, see the exposure-zones guide.