North Puyallup, WA
North Puyallup wildfire risk explained
North Puyallup sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,115 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Puyallup's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
North Puyallup's building exposure, zone by zone
98.9% of North Puyallup's 1,115 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How North Puyallup compares
North Puyallup scores 12th nationally and 14th 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 Puyallup ranks 27,656 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,187 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 538 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Puyallup
North Puyallup's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
North Puyallup's 98.9% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,115 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Puyallup. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond North Puyallup, see the exposure-zones guide.