Priest River, ID
Priest River, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Priest River's 1,154 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Priest River at the 50th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Priest River's building exposure, zone by zone
1,154 buildings are counted in Priest River, and 78% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 21.9% in Direct exposure or the 0.1% rated Minimal.
Where Priest River ranks
Priest River ranks lower within Idaho (19th percentile statewide) than its 53rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Priest River ranks 14,743 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,919 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 188 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 53rd national percentile, Priest River rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 78% of Priest River's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Priest River's 14,743-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Priest River, see the exposure-zones guide.