Parkland, WA
How exposed is Parkland to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Parkland lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 12,332 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parkland at the 16th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Parkland's buildings actually sit
94.6% of Parkland's 12,332 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 4.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 12,332 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Parkland ranks
Parkland scores 14th nationally and 17th 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, Parkland ranks 27,185 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,254 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 523 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
Parkland's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Parkland's 94.6% 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.
Where Parkland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parkland's 27,185-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parkland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.