Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA
How exposed is Port Hadlock-Irondale to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Port Hadlock-Irondale at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,262 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Hadlock-Irondale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,262 buildings are counted in Port Hadlock-Irondale, and 71.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 26.8% in Direct exposure or the 1.4% rated Minimal.
How Port Hadlock-Irondale compares
There's little gap between Port Hadlock-Irondale's 22nd national percentile and its 34th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Hadlock-Irondale ranks 24,725 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 416 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Hadlock-Irondale
At the 22nd national percentile, Port Hadlock-Irondale 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 Port Hadlock-Irondale
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Port Hadlock-Irondale (71.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Port Hadlock-Irondale's 24,725-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Port Hadlock-Irondale, see the exposure-zones guide.