Ocosta, WA
Ocosta wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ocosta lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 414 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ocosta at the 21st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ocosta's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 93.2% of Ocosta's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 3.6% Indirect share and far above its 3.1% Minimal share — a profile where 386 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Ocosta ranks
There's little gap between Ocosta's 21st national percentile and its 33rd percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ocosta ranks 24,884 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,958 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 424 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ocosta
At the 21st national percentile, Ocosta rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ocosta's 93.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Ocosta's figures come from
Ocosta's 21st-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 Ocosta's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.