Nooksack, WA
Nooksack, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nooksack at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 641 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nooksack's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 78.9% of Nooksack's 641 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 20.4% Direct and 0.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Nooksack ranks
Nooksack scores 16th nationally and 20th 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, Nooksack ranks 26,649 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,318 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 500 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Nooksack's low wildfire rating (16th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Nooksack
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Nooksack (78.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Nooksack's figures come from
Nooksack's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nooksack's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.