Nespelem Community, WA
Nespelem Community wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nespelem Community at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 214 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nespelem Community at the 98th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nespelem Community's building exposure, zone by zone
89.7% of Nespelem Community's 214 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 192 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Nespelem Community against the rest of the country
Nespelem Community's risk sits at a similar level relative to Washington (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nespelem Community ranks 899 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 43 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nespelem Community
Nespelem Community's very high rating (97th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Nespelem Community (89.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Nespelem Community's 97th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nespelem Community, see the exposure-zones guide.