Onalaska, WA
Onalaska, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Onalaska's 468 buildings earn a 31st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Onalaska at the 35th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Onalaska's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 56% of Onalaska's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 44% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 262 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Onalaska compares
Compare Onalaska's two percentiles: 50th within Washington, only 31st nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Onalaska ranks 21,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 314 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Onalaska and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Onalaska rates moderate 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 Onalaska
Because Direct exposure dominates in Onalaska (56%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Onalaska's figures come from
Onalaska's 31st-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 Onalaska's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.