Porter, WA
Porter, WA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Porter sits at the 32nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 176 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Porter's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Porter's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Porter: 98.3% of its 176 buildings, versus 1.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Porter ranks
Compare Porter's two percentiles: 51st within Washington, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Porter ranks 21,381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 306 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
Porter's moderate rating (32nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Porter
Porter's 98.3% 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 Porter's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Porter's 21,381-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Porter's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.