North Lynnwood, WA
North Lynnwood, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores North Lynnwood at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 4,461 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Lynnwood at the 6th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
58.8% of North Lynnwood's 4,461 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where North Lynnwood ranks
North Lynnwood scores 7th nationally and 5th 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, North Lynnwood ranks 29,486 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,830 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 600 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Lynnwood
At the 7th national percentile, North Lynnwood rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in North Lynnwood
North Lynnwood's 58.8% 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
North Lynnwood's 7th-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 North Lynnwood, see the exposure-zones guide.