Oyehut, WA
How exposed is Oyehut to wildfire?
Oyehut's 146 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Oyehut at the 7th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
146 buildings are counted in Oyehut, and 65.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Oyehut against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Oyehut's 7th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oyehut ranks 29,297 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 591 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
Oyehut's low wildfire rating (7th 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
Oyehut's 65.8% 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 Oyehut's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 146 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oyehut. The exposure-zones guide covers what Oyehut's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.